Show I HOW HOV TO DESTROY ACHILD'S A ACHILD'S ACHILD'S CHILDS CHILD'S HAPPINESS By Frank Connor A boy age fourteen Is la being tried for murder in Oreg Oregon n. n He lived with foster parents While I know ow little of the case being at atthe atthe atthe the mercy of press reports there is sufficient indication that the murder was not caused by any r person other than the victim She was a nag That word nag has an interesting derivation derivation derivation tion coming from the Norwegian word meaning To wear down by little bites Nagging is the most efficient way in the world to destroy a childs child's character character character charac charac- ter It seems that mothers indulge indulge indulge in in- in this practice more than fathers not because mothers are more inclined than fathers but I because the mother and child chUd see seemore seemore seemore more of each other i Every precaution must be taken against this deadly habit ing It is a habit that grows upon upon upon up up- on a person without the person being conscious of it Sometimes it seems to have its foundation In nervousness Other times the nag may be neurotic or again it may be caused by a selfish desire for more attention from the subject subject subject sub sub- of the nagging there nagging there may maybe maybe maybe be a multitude of causes some very obscure Regardless of the cause the effect effect effect ef ef- upon the person being nagged ed is terrible It will cause him to be nervous untrustworthy Irritable Irritable ir irritable Ir- Ir suspicious drive him to deeds he otherwise would never think of It is a major cause of unhappy home life and destroyed child life Ufe In Oregon a woman recently destroyed two lives by nagging nagging her her own and the child who was the victim of her unfortunate unfortunate disposition r |