Te Pipiwharauroa 49
No. 49
1902/03/01
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 49, Gisborne, March 1902
THE IDEAL VILLAGE
(The continuation of the speech by Reweti Kohere in 1897, printed in Number 47.)
Maori mothers do not know very well how to bring up their children; they do not correct the wrong habits of their children while they are small, and they do not teach them to respect their elders. Rather, the Maori believe that the way to show their love for their children is to give them whatever they want and to permit the children to do whatever they wish to. When the children grow up, the parents marvel at the sulkiness and the obstinacy of their children.
