Show Through a aWon Won ui s mes Eyes es esby by Jean carton CIton cartonA A SUCCESSFUL MOTHER ON PUNISHMENT T andT lID ID boy Is t 1 One fine chillI and hIgh spirited lie he nevertheless ne obeys s like a II little soldier Ills His mother ne never er talks him but ut this diy dy the oth other other er women asked her how hots It was she enforced such obedience I I suppose suggested one of or her friends it its s because e he hes s 5 she will tell his ills if he lie doesn t obey How is he punished asked an another another another other Punish tint gorgeous child I 1 Inter interposed Interposed posed mother he lies he s so resistible ii I t ha have base e the heart Oil Oh Oh J yes ves el I do punish him ans answered the successful mother thus cutting short au an further speculation on the phenomenon of an nn bright energetic and peppy J youngsters rs s re obedience Since you vou ask me I III it tell you hoI how ho I do It It Its s a lIttle unusual way a of punishing It If he does som something naughty for which there is no excuse an and witch therefore requires requIre punishment I say this th Is to him Tsow Isow ow Bobby nobby you JOU ou know you ou should not have done tint It s 5 not only the h or Inconvenience which Is chased for tor some one el else e but If you get Into the habit of doing such things you IOU will 11 grow up to be a disagreeable per person person person son ind nd people 1 wont on t like lIbe J you iou ou whIch means menns that lint you 1 won on t be happy hoppy And Ande we e want ant you sou always ns to be Kapp happ Now to help v ou on to remember not notto notto notto to do that nor Dor an anything thIng like It again we shall ha have hae e to Lund tind some punish punishment meat ment And then lien we find a atton that Is appropriate so as to help him to remember At times I have con suited him as to appropriate punish punIsh- punIshment punishment ment There are two VO things certain about hIs punIshment its punishment Its se severity erIty and Its certaInty It I is never nC a joke but Is Isalas s al just severe ere enough to hurt a abIt abit abit bIt and to help him to remember And then It Is absolutely certain That is he knows s that surely as nIght toll follows 0 s day das da It if he transgresses he Is goIng to pay the tale take price take his wed clue cIne But ind But ut ind this Is Important hIs Important punishment is ne never neer er meted out In an anger anger anger ger a spirit of or fight tight between parent parentI I and child If It he offends I am not angry one sorry sorn I do not hol hold a grudge nor pay him bacIn back bac in spite Ills punishment Is a matter of cause and effect effect which grieves es me no less than It does him and nOlI In inflicting which I am nm merely the n a ent 1 who ho Inflicts a necessary discipline In a situation of his hia creating not mIne And then It Is always c for the spirit of wrong doing or disobedience that he has been punished never neer in ratio to or with Ith any regard to the damage 10 oh ed That Is It if after arter ha basing Ing been told not to handle a certain food or not to touch certain china on the dinner table he persisted In doing so he would be punished for tor disobeying whether bether or not this resulted In dam damage damage age oge to his clothes clothS or to the lie china In voh ed On the other hand If by ac accident cadent he should spill soup soap till nil over oser his new ne and best suit or quite by ac ae ac- ac accident accident cadent break breal the finest piece of brie a brae bruc in the house our only reaction to his knowledge ledge would be one of sympathy as In to any other accident That Is my Idea of discipline and ond punIshment and It has worked out with l Robby p by the tir Dell Deil Syndicate Inc Ine 0 |