| Show t. t r t r l tlc it f w fi h fJ 1 i C i ONA r. r r lit In the 1 HO HOME II 0 ME II Sri T Y rJ re r n 1 J Y Y Yr Eo Popularity and D Degree gree o of Success ss r r ii F K Y v person Persons Attain in Life n fe Are Ae r Largely l Dependent Upon r Traits Tr its Built Into r p r vJ A MI M Their Make up V in V in Childhood Childhood by r rr r JJ 4 n f 41 D Dr r. r Henry Schumacher p psychiatrist s y Their sir Parents areas and director of the Child Guidance r l j i Clinic in Clev Cleveland land says says faulty upbringing up up- P- P r grin bringing n ra is far largely el res responsible for r the tho existence of rr problem rr children childr a n Ic I t r f q TRAITS engendered in childhood persist M in the personality make up of an individual indi- indi vidual throughout life If the they are bad ones oIes they will seriously interfere with his vocational and social success He will develop kinks later in life and his his' wife children and the neighbors neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors will win pay the penalty for his faulty upbringing If the traits are good ones and well balanced they may make little Johnny President of the United States Those who hold the spotlight in world affairs i airs usually have personalities with as many ny ingredients as an old-fashioned old wedding cake Th The e batter consists of conduct character traits Iob habits l its mental and physical endowments all well mixed and measured Dr Henry Schumacher psychiatrist psychiatrist psychiatrist and director of the Child Gu Guidance ance Clinic of Cleveland 0 discussing famous people people and and how they got that way Nay gives gives credit to their parents for their success sand and popularity He said This type of person is ia balanced and integrated in all phases of his being Such balance implies implies' the ability to adjust wholesomely to ea each h new v phase of f life He must know now how to meet various situations situations situations situa situa- as they arise and andi to solve them in such a way r that he does not endanger the integration of his personality The Cleveland psychiatrist who ho ho at atone one onetime onetime time was director of the Child Guidance Clinic of ot Philadelphia found that of ot tho the 1112 abnormal children observed In the clinic during the thc last year all lacked one or more of what might be termed traits necessary to a pleasing personality Famous people have achieved re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re success and popularity usually ha have a well rounded well balanced Schumacher while up make-up said Dr telling of the problem children who daily pass through the Cleveland clinic cUnic They began to build in childhood by acq acquiring iring the I proper character traits Of Or course cours not all of our celebrities or men and women of affairs have the pleasing type of personality that one expects of th those occupying high places There are a afew afew few Sew exceptions AN AN N EXCELLENT example of one who held a a. prominent place In our political political political po po- life and who had bad the kind of personality personality per per- that attracts was the former President and late Chief Justice Taft Talt He was an extravert Extraverts usually have more pleasing personalities than introverts Introverts introverts Intro intro- verts primarily because they are arc less self self- centered President Hoover tends that way ay also but he is not so markedly the extravert Will wm Rogers whose popularity is marked and widespread is a a. definite extravert t type Pe Babe Ruth is the extravert t type and every cry one knows In what high esteem men and bo boys s 's hold bold this popular sports idol Lindbergh is u the introvert type He Ho is not particularly concerned about attract- attract people although the adulation of the world has been freely offered to him He Heis Heis Heis is ambitious and chiefly concerned with his own onal interests and progress Geno Tunney the time one-time fighter fishter is the tho extra extravert ert type Senator Norris of Nebraska lebraska and Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator atOl Borah of Utah are both fine fino examples examples examples exam exam- ples of the pleasing personality Senator Norris is probably the liked best man in inthe inthe the tho United States Senate Mrs Calvin Coolidge who made many friends while in the White House Home is an extravert type and Mark Hannas Hanna's daughter daugh daugh- ter Mrs McCormIck has a charming though aggressive personality Dr Schumacher contrasted these men and women omen whose whoso attractive personalities ties have contributed largely to their personal personal per per- lional success to the thu problem children brought to his clinic boys clinic boys and girls with personality defects and kinks They arc the Pecks Bad Boy variety who stand st-nd very little chance of becoming Presidents of the United States or popular popular lar idols of ot the diamond court gridiron fairway Y or screen unless their characters are made over Clinic analysis analysts showed mowed these ki kinky sky S l S of rf H r t i i r N t r When m nether they rY pampers am ers her darling t t i r r bear bearc v eti boy and cannot c t to discipline him When hen he deserves it she slie is not mixing up upa t ta a very good L N personality ty rt r t HABITS batter on which his r. r later achievements will lar rest I IJ J children to have such conduct defects as lying stealing truancy temper tantrums bullying quarreling cruelty swearing Impudence tattling gossiping and cheatIng cheat cheat- cheating ln ing They revealed re few tendencies which would mark them for the destiny of a Lindbergh a Taft a Grace Coolidge or a a. Babe Ruth in adult life Their personality personality personality person person- traits included unpopularity stubborn stubborn- stubbornness ness shyness sensitiveness sullenness irresponsibility ir irresponsibility Ir- Ir responsibility lack laek of concentration talkativeness talkativeness talk talk- Jealousy showoff qu qualities Irritability ir irritability lr- lr selfishness lack o of Initiative moodIness inattention da dreaming day despondency despondency de de- dc- dc bossiness excitability submissiveness submissiveness sub- sub no sense of humor and nationality nationality na na- conflicts Practically all of their behavior defects can be traced to Improper home training and environment according to Dr Dr Schumacher These unadjusted or maladjusted children children chil chil- 1 dren show in preponderance antisocial trai traits said Dr Schumacher Their 7 s J Ch Child ld Trai Training TN N OUR soci social l treatment of the child we must IN take cognizance of the social ocial alterations of this era and not atte attempt pt the impossible namely an adjustment to social standards and ideals of a bygone age The iThe so-called so revolt of the child is not greater than the revolt of his elders U Unfortunately Unfortunately for the child he has bas come into a world of man many unsolved pro problems problems problems-problems problems his elders are arc only partially solving 1 The iThe problems of the adult their state of flux and great uncertainty are arevhat what hat make the environmental conflicts of the modern child so difficult His ethical teachings v what hat little he gets are not harmonized with r the behavior of the adults Henry Schumacher chiefly among children of otherwise su superior superior su su- tendencies who come com from families families families lies well placed economically and of ot born American-born parents This Is due to the fact that they are more pampered than the children of poorer foreign fam fam- Children of the poor who bers of large families must learn early to think less of- of themselves and more of oth oth- ers They cannot annot afford to become spoiled darlings Their hard working parents are too busy to humor them and youngest children in OLDEST J families are are- frequently problem children This is because their status ismore Is Ismore ismore more definite and marked than han that of the between children The oldest child has prestige out ol ot all proportion to his years cars and is likely to become overbearing The youngest is r the baby and given his way long after he has outgrown his real babyhood Jealousy and quarreling quarreling quarreling are arc more common among these first and last children Children with physical defects arc are i I J t rdv 7 r. r r ry y r t. t d J I h x r i ir r 4 J Jd f d v 7 y ly d f N yn J i G j fi Y f j Go yv A y d Colonel Charles A. A t r rI i Lindbergh I h and Mrs Calvin Coo Coolidge Id I'd I ge bot both h i iy I tremendously ly popular lar r t w y 9 r. r c l yr 6 arc of opposite if AL psychological t types cs n f r ti v- v yr c 4 4 yr rO X s 4 u rr J p Y r S ter personality defects are all due to the same underlying causes I should say that ono one of ot the chief of ot th these se e Is poor parent relationships that relationships that is one parent parentis is poorly adjusted to the other This forces a child chUd to make a 3 choice and the resultant c conflict n ct works havoc oc with his own personality Then there is 13 the poor parent-child parent relationship The parents cannot get along with their own children They do donot donot donot not understand them cannot manage them antagonize them at every turn There is also the tho faulty child to relationship where children cannot get along with their brothers or sisters or friends trouble may be caused by overprotective mothers or fathers and stern repressing mothers motters These are arc the chief chiet factors which cause problems among children and hamper hamper hamper ham ham- ham ham- per their proper development I venture to say that If you would take problem problem problem lem children from that many families less than 15 per cent of the parents in those homes would be normally ad adjusted adjusted adjusted ad- ad to each other or to their children I do not believe belleva that any child chUd Inherits Inherits its Us its delinquent tendencies Th The best you can sa say for for- heredity is is that it gives you ou a 3 certain kind of ot organism But Itis it itIs itis is the storms and stress of environment and certain family settings that create the problems which confront so liO many children today While Whilo going over the figures pertaining pertain pertain- ing to the problems of adolescents the theother theother theother other day I found that financial station in life whether the problem child chUd was a aboy aboy aboy boy or a girl and whether born American or of foreign parentage whether of ot good or poor intelligence also figured as an important factor Neurotic tendencies for and example nd this is 18 seemingly par paradoxical paradoxical occur occur j n. n more liable to have e kinks than those in perfect health We have rn more ro called so-called bad boys than girls The proportionate figures are about sixty forty This is beca because e girls aro more more sheltered than boys They do not get into so ro many difficulties Truancy Truancy- for example Is more marked among boys than girls So is stealing But whether the problem children arc boys or girls they are in n need d of mental hygiene which alms aims at understanding the dynamic factors both within n and wIthout without without with wIth- out the child chUd that aro are responsible for forthe forthe or orthe the habits he is in process of forming d Dr Schumacher cited several case hIi- hIi tories tortes wl which ch he said showed the need for the recognition of ot early warning symptoms and how treatment to be successful successful successful suc suc- must be based on a a. knowledge o of 4 these symptoms Jimmie was referred to to ton toa a n child guidance guid guId- guIdance guidance ance clinic because he was willful 4 obstinate obstinate nate and given to temper romper tantrums tantrums' said sail Dr Schumacher He was a bright boy in fact he rates in In the superior gro group p. p Physically too he be was quite a a. normal youngster But his parents comp complained about his poor personality traits If JimmIes father Is Just crazy abol about t 1 him m. m sald said the boy boys boy's s mother He must not F stand near a door lest he catch c cold i whim of the childs child's ld's must be Every s f fied fled He cannot bear to discipline the boy y 1 lest he learn to fear him The mother t J feels much the same way way as the father They feel they must never let Ji Jimmie mie ou out of their sight day or night The Trie night air is bad for him so be betaken betake out evenings And how does docs JimmIe react to this thia training When still sUll a tiny tot the minute mine minute min min- ute they ceased fondling him and laid him down he wot would d set up a cry J He b knew ew they could not bear to hear him hUn cry As he grew up he found it still worked so that today at 5 years of age his mother must lie down with him when him when he takes his nap or retires for t the e night or he will cry and howl for hours bours When awake he will not permit herout her herout herout out of his sight He hasn't learned to play by himself She or tho the father must muS' take ble part In the game with him Should they hesitate a a. temper tantrum results toys are broken and flung about fiery flery words are spoken Tho The parents give in in their these parents forget forget for for- get tile the basic aim of ot all child training namely the development of self reliance and independence in the child Iii their love and affection they are likely to consider the childs child's tricks ai u cute long after they have cea ceased ed to beso be bo boso so 1 if ever they were and In consequence see no rough rocks ahead of h him m as a's a a. re result result result re- re sult of or such poor habit formation LET T ET me cite a a. case history which Ich brings out many of tho the environmental environ mental conflicts of the youth of today roday In my experience with problem children as 31 a aswell well as children it is ex extremely extremely extremely ex- ex rare to a child who does not have a 3 marked conflict over at least one on of the environmental situations noted inthe In Inthe Inthe the following case William Is a year old boy who has haj haja hasa a brother almost six years ears younger His Hi parents are arc intelligent and in comfortable circumstances Until the birth of ot hi his brother William was the child chUd of over- over solicitous parents His every whim W Wa was waa wasa a law to them theme with the birth of the second child chUd however there soon developed developed devel devel- an antagonism between the parent parents and William until at about the ago of or ofa I he had become a problem which has hai grown In magnitude up to the present time His IUs parents are convinced that he ht dislikes them and admit they have no nD control over O him William is an attractive youngster His HJ intelligence quotient is on tho Stan Stan- ford-Binet ford scale His Army Alpha test score Is He talks freely of his and his reactions to lifes life's situation He states that he h has lost all respect for his parents He accuses them of ot not having given ghen him proper training He Ht feels they have bave set him a a. poor example He wonders why parents should expect their children not to break the tho prohibItion prohibition tion law Jaw when they themselves do it IL Or why l his s father should object to his smoking smokIng smoking ing and swearing when he himself is u guilty of so doing He is convinced d that he hc Is 15 not treated fairly that his younger brother Is the tho favorite He insists that h his s parents arc spoiling tills this child chUd too William wJ wishes es to train his brother ac according according according ac- ac cording to his Ills understanding of ot child training and thus Ulus there is much conflict between the brothers William hopes the Government will es establish establish es- es farms where children will wUl be reared |
