Sons and parents

[Linda Anderson]

What about the kids/educational methods of the other characters in the Lincoln saga? Herndon taught (especially nature) and encouraged his children, too. He was not permissive, but did he make use of corporal punishment?
What about Fanny Seward's parental treatment and upbringing, Linda? Or Kate Chase's, Laurie?

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Eva, Fanny was adored by her parents. The following is from Sensitivity and Civil War: The Selected Diaries and Papers, 1858-1866, of Frances Adeline (Fanny) Seward by Patricia Carley Johnson.

"Despite her physical and emotional handicaps Frances Seward exerted every effort to be a good mother. Recognizing in Fanny a tender disposition akin to her own, she reared her daughter with firmness tempered with gentleness, understanding and affection. Nor would she or Seward permit anyone else to utter a harsh rebuke in front of the child."

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