The toddler is pampered
as her mother goes wayward
not otherwise but in her deal with a child
feeds her child now and then as often
goes round her with a spoonful
coaxes her to partake the entire
dances before as a cajole
fills the little one’s mouth in a jowl
the toddler knows now the tricks
she plays truantly with a flow
hides herself in one place
naughty she turns all at once
the mother becomes extensively scary
the girl goes topsy in a second
while the mother turns crazy
the melodrama continues for days and years
let not the years spoil the child
as she has to grow into a responsible adult in the go
the way you bring up your child
matters the most in her later life
discipline and liberty are to be shown
not the one more than the other
proportion the two in a measure
let the combination be balanced
as the more of one would ruin the child
or be that a less of one
could also destroy the nature of the child
care to be deployed with poise
the child would then blossom with grace
Gracious Unto thou and to thy
child.