For instance, I have seen one child bite another's arm, until it has almost made its teeth meet.

I should suppose few persons are prepared to say, such a child should not be punished for it.

I have seen others who, when they first came to school, would begin to scream as if they were being punished, as soon as their mother brought them to the door, while the mother continued to threaten the child without ever putting one threat into execution.
The origin of all this noise, has been, perhaps, because the child has demanded a half-penny, as the condition of coming to school, and the mother probably has not had one to give him, but has actually been obliged to borrow one in order to induce him to come in at the school door.

Thus the child has come off conqueror, and set it down as a maxim, that, for the future, he may do just as he pleases with his mother.

I have sometimes made my appearance at this time, to know what all the noise was about, when the mother has entered into a lamentable tale, telling me what trouble she has had with the child, and that he would not come to school without having a half-penny each time.