Show I I I Your on Baby Arid And nd Nine ne neBy By Myrtlo Myrtle Meyer Eldred HERO WORSHIP IS GOOD But Bat Mrs Eldred Warns Mother Against Ag Asking Children to Imitate Playmates I So many of oC the mothers mothers' mistakes are arc made In Ignorance unconscious of ot the results We have an almost universal habit of setting up the good child In the family CamBy as a model mode for tor the others Its It's so 50 natural to say I L L you ou could only be like Paul See how nicely he plays with his hh wagon wason He Isn't hanging on mother all day asking her to play Shame shame I know you took that b banana manal How can you lie He to tc me Brother never does I can always depend upon brothers brother's word Poor Ellen f She Is so slow Sissie is s so so quick But Ellen cant can't concentrate concentrate concen concen- poor dear Isn't It queer how hoses two children can be so different But why go on Illustrating There are many mothers who at this moment moment moment mo mo- ment are arc guiltily conscious that they have been doing Just that They thou thought nought ht It an excellent way to prod the he child into more desirable beha beha- lor vior As a matter of or fact they have to x admit that It hasn't been live tive but they cant can't see why a child wouldn't want to be like some more admired child PROVIDE ADULT HEROES Children do not however want to tc Imitate the model Instead they arc are stifled titled by a sense of Inferiority if a pattern Is pointed out for them tc to follow ollow They accept t the parents parent's estimate es es- of their ability They have nc no noI idea dea that it is 15 within their power tc to toI change Mother says she cant can't concentrate Mother says hes he's poky Mother sa say he ic lies and brother never does Children Children Chil Chip dren dont don't choose to ro be that th t way That is the way they are arc and once having accepted our judgment o ol 01 them they go on being that way for for- ever Children are molded by circum circum- stances If they are slow they fineout fineout fine find out why What Is causing one chile chUd to lag when others hurry Does he ate need more help hep more Inspiration inspirations What use to say some one else is fast fas and he is slow That does nothing U to have made alter Uter the conditions which him ilm slow It fastens the label slow upon him Children do need correction Thedo They The do need setting on different paths It should not be effected by comparing comparing comparing com com- paring paring- them with other children II 11 you jo rou want to set up models of conduct conduct conduct con con- duct for a a. child let these be adults whom he admires Let these models be public heroes or fictional ones not lot children on the same level with himself That puts him in another class That makes maes him Jealous and bitter of ot the models model's accomplishments accomplishments accomplish accomplish- ments it doesn't spur him on to wanto want ant ant antto to o be like the other child To Com Compare corn corn- om- om pare a child to his own disadvantage tage age with his neighbor or brother or 01 sister Ister Just arouses arous s emotions which stifle further effort He feels them themo to o b be superior beings and he is a poor worm unable to measure u up with them The result is decreased instead of or increased effort Tomorrow For Baby's Sake Keep Milk I Cold Until Feeding Time |