Show BEAUTIFUL YOUNGSTER VERY APT TO DEVELOP BAD TRAIT OF VANITY Children Become Conceited i When Elders Shower Compliments The small childs child's curiosity about household treasures is apt to get him in trouble with hi his mother Write for tor Mrs Eldred's practical suggestions in her leaflet leaflet leaf leaf- let Directing the Small Childs Child's Curiosity Send a self addressed three cent stamped envelope for your copy to the Your Baby and Mine department of this news news- paper paper Beautiful children arc are appealing to everyone and adults adult are ap to forget for I get the effect of unguarded compliments compliments ments on the impressionable y young ung ung- ster Mothers are conscious of the aftermath of these universal tributes tri trl and rueful of ot their influence upon the children Everyone stops me on the street when I go walking with Ann a mother bewails wails and talks to me inc about her beauty Th The little minx is beginning to strut about and pose before before before be be- fore the mirror and in many mariy ways shows that she thinks she is quite ex ex- What shall I 1 do I 1 c cant can't nt very well tell perfect strangers that thai their words words' are spoiling my daughter and m making king her vain and and bumptious bump bump- It would be a shame to do such a athIng athing athing thing because the admiration is wholehearted and sincere Make the child understand that this is the adults adult's usual reaction to children who are nice While you may be aware that all children do not get this measure of ot praise the child need not be When she considers this a natural natural nat nat- ural reaction of adults to children she will not be concerned about it asa as asa asa a personal estimate of herself Likewise most children go through a period of posing and pretentious angling angling angling an an- gling for tor adult attention quite reg regardless regardless regard regard- rd les less of their appearance This may happen because the older child is full fully as eager for compliments am and attention as she was when younger and knows know of no rio more artful way o ot of snaring these than to do an annoying lamount amount of ot showing off oft Perhaps your little daughter is not really growing conceited but is merely passing through this rather unpleasant natural stage Because parents are so fearful tearful of developing conceit they are often guilty of depriving depriving de de- the child chUd of any praise and the hc compliments of outsiders offer a wholesome balance Almost any adult of my generation knows that not for tor worlds would her mother have ever be been n caught flattering her This experience ex cx- may have caus caused d her much agony and a marked sense of ot her own inferiority Im I'm inclined to think that sincere praise and some well intentioned in in- compliments if Jt not overdone over done are definitely good for children The Pilgrims landed at Provincetown Province Province- Provincetown town and Clarks Clark's island before provInce 1 landing land landing ing at Plymouth Rock |