It is interesting to observe the way in which children so often react against their parents’ ideas, while at the same time 36 their parent’s characteristics. This is to say, the children grow up to have different 37 from their parents, yet to have 38 personalities. There is a 39 going on in the toy world at present over 40 children should be encouraged to have war toys. I do not see any 41 in forbidding them when I think of the 42 of my friend Henry.

Henry is the son of strict parents who were against war. He was never 43 toy soldiers or guns as a 44.

Henry 45 and went into the army, becoming a first-class soldier and 46 all sorts of honors in the army. In that way he became the 47 of what his parents might have 48 of their son. And yet there is a gentleness about Henry which shows a  49 personality. His sympathies(同情) which I can see must have come from his 50. 51 doing things differently from our parents, a lot of the 52 gets passed on.

Parents have to 53 their children what they believe to be right; but it is not much your ideas that the children 54 your example. Perhaps the best way to teach one’s child gentleness is not to forbid toy guns, but to be 55 in one’s own everyday life.

When my daughter Kelsey was a child, she loved to join me in the garden. To 36 chaos(混亂)in my own garden beds, I provided her with a space of her own, so Kelsey’s Corner was born. There she was 37 to dig and plant as she wished. Over time, that small piece of land grew into a favorite place in the 38.
As she approached high school, Kelsey took her 39 off the garden. I didn’t 40 to accept this change. It seemed acceptable that something as boring as working in the dirt gave way to the mystery of a(n) 41 social life, so I began to take care of the space. Even so, I knew it always would be Kelsey’s Corner.
Now my daughter is eighteen and is in the 42 weeks of her high school career. Our mailbox is filled with college admission materials, 43 me that the world has come for this young lady and that she will soon answer its 44. Kelsey is looking forward to her wonderful college life 45 her mother and I are anxious about the coming life 46 our daughter around.
Kelsey’s Corner seems extremely deserted in this early spring 47 Kelsey’s leaving. One morning, when I 48 past Kelsey’s Corner, I noticed some green seedlings had 49 at the foot of some dead stalks(稈).
It’s 50 that life is a cycle. Kelsey’s leaving is 51 one point on the cycle. Now the life wheel will roll with Kelsey as she 52 into her adult life.
Let her live as she will and let her 53 when she can, and whether she comes alone or in 54, she will be welcome home. I’ll take care of Kelsey’s Corner faithfully. It will also cycle annually, rolling on towards a 55 stage of our lives, one that promises a rich harvest.

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　　Helene Warton and her sister Charlotte don't go to school. Instead they are taught in their 1 by their parents, Heidrun and Richard Warton. The Wartons are one of the rapidly growing number of families in Britain who are 2 with the school system. The most famous 3 is probably the Lawence family, whose home-taught daughter Ruth recently 4 a first-class degree at Oxford University, at the age of 13.

　　Until Christmas 1982, Helence and Charlotte Warton 5 their local village primary school. But Helence, a clever and tidy girl, had difficulties, “I'm slow at writing and things like that,” she says, “I don't like reading aloud; I got left 6 .” It was not until Mrs. Warton met another family who were members of a(n) 7 called Education Otherwise that she 8 that it was possible for children to be 9 at home.

　　However giving up school can produce an unpleasant feeling and effect on both parents and children. “We were very 10 in the beginning”, says Heidrun Warton. We tried to 11 it like school at first. But gradually the family relaxed, and soon noticed the advantages of home education. Helence could work at her own 12 and began to read a great deal. Curiosity and self-motivation became very important. 13 was no longer competitive, it was divided into subjects and it became more practical. 14 learning from books, Helence and Charlotte started to cook, help in the garden, do housework, visit museums and other places of interest with her parents, and go to drama and music lessons. They got more 15 to see what their mother calls “real life” －their parents and other adults 16 everyday things.

　　Heidrun Warton is not a qualified teacher, and she believes that parents don't need special qualifications (資格):“Young children want to learn”, she says. “You don't 17 children at home; you just allow them to learn.” She has become very 18 about the normal school system. “Education authorities (權(quán)威者) are not willing to really 19 . They feel that they are experts, and the only ones 20 to teach children. But mothers will always teach their children more than anyone else－but in a natural way.”

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