Rules for Child-Training Susannah Wesley had 19 children and raised them well with the following 16 rules: 1. No eating between meals. 2. All Children in bed by 8:00 p.m. 3. Take your medicine without complaining. 4. Subdue self-will in each child. 5. Work with God to save the soul of each child. 6. Teach child to pray as soon as he can speak. 7. Require all to be still during family worship. 8. Give children nothing that they cry for. 9. Give them only what they ask for politely. 10. To prevent lying, punish no fault which is first confessed. 11. Do not allow a sinful act to go unpunished. 12. Command and reward good behavior. 13. Preserve property rights, even in the smallest matters. 14. Strictly observe all promises. 15. Require no daughter to work before she can read well. 16. Teach children to fear the rod. "The parent who studies to subdue (self-will) in his child works together with God in the renewing and saving a soul. The parent who indulges it does the devil's work, makes religion impracticable, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child, soul and body, forever." - Susannah Wesley If we had more mothers like Mrs. Wesley maybe we would have more sons like Charles and John Wesley.