Show tour four our Baby and Mine It fc Bv By MYRTLE MEYER m ELDRED j 1 HERE IS SUCH A THING TilING AS PEACEFUL F FAMILY Y LIFE t you are the average mother mother- who who is not yoU not you expect certain gs js gs of your our children You expect rightly that they will learn to along with each other You arnd arand arnd ar- ar and nd justifiably that if children not not lot practice amiability and nd forance for- for rance ance nce at home with sisters and hers what chance is there that i will be able to get long along with SONS AT no HOME HOMEI hOMEn n n 1 I of this is true The lessons of at I ag j g are arc learned at home tolerance forbearance can noe no noe I fe e e be assumed artificially than can canI I pany manners manners- They crack un un- the strain They must be part parcel of the e childs child's development ildren must learn that brothers brothers' sisters as 35 well weB as strangers exI ex ex- I differences of temperament anc and dL d. Relatives can produce the antagonisms in each other as any y group of or persons Being of or flesh and under one roof natural natural- increase increase instead of diminish these FilER ITHER MUST BE NEUTRAL f is s the mother who must act as a ato to ot 01 fusing the elements clements Her work consists nol nuch in smoothing down the n's ns differences as in making them themire ire re of their right to tobe be different lily appreciation takes into ac- ac nt it that Mar Mary may be quiet and imy m nois noisy Jane may enjoy cook cook- and md Isabel prefer being outdoors a L if ie that entails doing the family amny md nd Brothers and sisters will n to get Jet along if U taught to e all kinds of oC personalities and to that they must learn to 1st st themselves to them he IC e mother molher must stand constantly leutral ground She cannot at an any indicate that she would like to tou u all the children like the one who i to live with Such a spirit ses to recognize that the unlike arc ae just as likable and andas as enjoyable Children arc quick ick up such attitudes They Th too become critical and carping Thc They arc re on the lookout for flaws in n every every- one one- They overlook the traits in Iii I themselves which may be disagree able to others TEACHING TOLERANCE Mother do something about Tommy Tom Tom- my Hes He's so slow Hes He's always the thc thelast thelast last one out of the house Wh Why dont don't you try to hurry him up It just irritates irritates ir ir- me so when he talks and moves so slow Mothers Mother's response should be Tommy Tommy Tommy Tom my has been growing so fast that i if he lie moved quickly hed he'd be awkward He saves himself by slowing down hi his hism m motions tio s and being more careful of ot what he lie docs does Later when he has gained better control of those long limbs of his hell he'll speed up Meanwhile Mean Mean- while dont don't let it irritate you OU You'll be proud of your our tall young brother some day From such small beginnings sprout tolerance as well as appreciation for more vital differences of religion of race of all divergent opinions Children Chil Chit dren should grow up in a home where each child admits the of the he others and sees secs in them no cause for or bickering or quarreling or criticism cism This atmosphere paves the w way y for or their peaceful acceptance of the vast differences of the human family and their need to adjust themselves to o such differences and live U amiably in the midst cf of them I Tomorrow Teething Is Another Worn TIme Alibi I |