Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 25 | Controlling Children

Controlling Children Bursts of passion In a little child must be met by steady gentle firmness on the mothers side Loud outcries should bo hushed not by angry words but by a grave quietness of voice and speech which helps to repress them by mere force of contrast Passionate gestures such as blows kicks and drumming with the heels upon the l floor should be prevented by physical force If necessary Above all the thing coveted If it causes the child to fly Into a rage as the readiest means of obtaining It should never be granted r grant-ed As the child grows older and can be reasoned with he or she should be taught to avoid the beginnings of wrath to struggle against irritability and not to give way to it in words when it rises In the mind Quick tempered children often have generous lovahle natures easily Influenced Influ-enced for good A wish to please another an-other and to do what Is right for its own sake may be m made strong enough to close the lips against the torrent of angry words that rushes to them and so help them to victory Each effort at self conquest makes the next one easier