Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities b6 K* x4 Q' j/ h/ G$ \5 L
to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he
( q Z0 B+ Z2 s% ?2 f is fed, looked after and loved, what he may do, It is __1__1 f) c u& S5 S; d) s( ?- h% r& j& K2 P
improbable that he will ever again in his life be given4 V5 {; o: q# H/ R: y
so much without having to do anything in turn. In addition, __2__
1 e$ D6 ?8 h \/ I life is always presenting new things to the child—things( K2 J9 Y; \/ u* e+ j" {! F" Z8 A, F
that have lost their interesting for older people because __3__0 u( h0 Q6 G* K; d2 U4 [
they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure in playing
0 O; p; V5 {5 p. [% H( P+ C in the rain, or in the snow.His first visit to the; _. n. }0 ^! t9 e. R4 B
seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains:
9 V) j4 i) P2 }6 @9 z( t& t He is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks old
) G4 k4 r! I" g) `5 l9 V people do; he is continually being told not to do things, __4__; Q7 ]8 F- ]6 u% A* j* Z: t3 X
or being punished for that he has done wrong. __5__1 A8 L- M7 s6 u
His life is therefore not longer perfectly happy. __6__
! r6 n% _4 a5 K- v3 D R' P2 s When the young man starts to earn his own living, he
% F& K, u2 F5 i, N2 [ becomes free from the discipline of school and parents;- b, c0 X$ h$ A+ i, Q( p
but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities.% o/ ?7 o% \2 ?" `
He can not longer expect others to pay for his food, his' K. s4 d5 P7 L7 y- W
clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live; X! @1 |0 P4 D) b, {
comfortable. If he spends most of his time playing about in __7__
4 G+ P2 Y7 }# |8 | the way that he used to as a child, he will suffer hungry. __8__8 u6 e( U0 M$ O/ C; N% w% E
And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break
6 M' r- [8 F. J; D' J the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, therefore, __9__
& [3 G/ A) A; ` he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health,
2 d+ F- p* M1 k& s, v6 B% t* x. D he can have the great happiness of seeing himself making __10__
( u) h: l; q" N1 Z5 _3 Y steady progress in his job and of building up for himself
/ s3 S6 L$ r( ?' Z) f- C his own position in society. |