Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. （63）（ By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children can learn more from their parents. ）（64）（ Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this cooperation. ）Building block toys and jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness and indulgence towards their children. （65）（ Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness.） In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
（66）（ As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. ）（67） （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 hypocritical and do not practise what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents, ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
（From Bringing Up Children）
(63)通过一起玩乐，父母可以更多地了解他们的孩子，孩子也可以从父母那里学到更多。(64)父母和孩子可以共同分享的玩具和游戏是实现这种合作的重要手段。(65)有些人在金钱方面可能特别严格;还有一些人对晚上回家的时间、按时吃饭或保持个人清洁的要求很高。(66)就成长中的孩子的道德标准的发展而言，父母的教育中一致性是非常重要的。（67)今天禁止一件事，明天又原谅它，这不是道德的基础。
