Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>Here are some lessons you\u2019re supposed to learn as a child that will definitely serve you when you\u2019re older:<\/p>\nDon\u2019t touch that.<\/li>\nSay please.<\/li>\nUse your words.<\/li>\nSay your prayers.<\/li>\nDon\u2019t beat up the little guys; they might grow up bigger than you.<\/li>\nPlay nice.<\/li>\nIf you break the rules, it won\u2019t go well.<\/li>\nWhen you\u2019ve done something wrong, you should go to your room and think about what you\u2019ve done.<\/li>\nDon\u2019t sit with your stinky stuff too long; it\u2019ll cause a rash.<\/li>\nYou\u2019re not as clever as you think.<\/li>\nBe good to your mommy.<\/li>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are some lessons you\u2019re supposed to learn as a child that will definitely serve you when you\u2019re older: Don\u2019t touch that. Say please. Use your words. Say your prayers. Don\u2019t beat up the little guys; they might grow up bigger than you. Play nice. If you break the rules, it won\u2019t go well. When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1270,"featured_media":3672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[394,410,593,731],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc","tag-kindergarten","tag-lists","tag-rules","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\n
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