night’s sleep, for that is a benefit both for the parents and for the children. 17. As soon as the minds of small children begin to function somewhat so that they can hear and see with some perceptivity and can turn their eyes to a candle or to the mother and can follow them when they move away from them, the time has come for parents—using gestures, the face, the hands, and fingers—to point out and demonstrate both the good and the bad, for that is already an inducement for good and against evil,
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