Discipline and the Will

"The object of discipline
is the training of the child for self-government.
He should be taught
self-reliance and self-control.

To direct the child's development without hindering it by undue control should be the study of parents.
Too much management is as bad as too little. 
The effort to "break the will" of a child is a terrible mistake.
....
The will should be guided and molded,
but not ignored
or crushed. 
Save the strength of the will; 
in the battle of life it will be needed.

Every child should understand the true force of the will. 
He should be led to see how great is the responsibility involved in this gift.
The will is the governing power in the nature of man, 
the power of decision, 
or choice.
Every human being possessed of reason has power to choose the right.
In every experience of life,
God's word to us is,
'Choose you this day whom you will serve.'

The parent who by such instruction trains the child to self-control
will be the most useful 
and permanently successful."

Education page 287, 289