In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill—the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempted to hurry (1) ______ the child beyond his natural learning rote, and this can set up dangerous (2) ______ feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early; a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find new things for himself. (3) ______ Parents vary greatly on their degree of strictness towards their children. (4) ______ Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposing represent the needs of the parents and the values of the (5) ______ community as much as the child’s own happiness. As regards the development of moral standards in the grown child, (6) ______ consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that "Example is better than precept". If they are not sincere and do not practice what that they preach, their children may grow confused (7) ______ and emotionally secure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, (8) ______ and realize they have been in some extent fooled. A sudden awareness of a (9) ______ marking difference between their parents’ principles and their morals can (10) ______ be a dangerous disappointment.