System and reasonably good manners have an appeal for children because
of the desire they have to imitate adults. Appointment to office gives a
child authority and evokes a corresponding respect from other children.
If each child is given a task, he quickly senses the situation when
required to conform to the standards of courtesy which he wants others
to follow in dealing with him.
It is always needful to plant at once, perhaps many times, seeds of new
acts, sometime before the fruitage is expected. A little reflection will
often permit a child to adjust himself, when, if required to act
instantly, he would break out in rebellion.