Show Your Ba Baby by and Mine By MYRTLE IY MEYER ELDRED DISCIPLINE TilE THE CHILD AT HOME MINUS AN AUDIENCE When mothers choose Inconvenient times for disciplining their children t the resl results ts are negative Stores the homes of friends or even relatives are arc not the places to exhibit the iron hand The place to instill respect forthe forthe for forthe the mothers mother's authority is at home minus an audience Mrs I I. I L. L who has a boy of two I years admits The tiThe cause of my trouble trou ble is all my own fault but granting grantIn that I am eager to end it When my boy was vas about 1 year old I made the mistake of buying him some toy each time I went down town Now Nov r he expects something in irs every store and goes into a screaming rage when her I refused Walking away does docs not help He also has a t terrible habit of of throwing and hitting Without warning warning warn ing he will strike a person with what whatever whatever ever he has in his hand Scolding or taking the object away has no ef feet I do not hit or whip him as that would only make a bad matter worse The nurses at t the hospital said when he lie was only a few days old that he could not cry out anything but made himself sick before he gave ave in He has alwa always s been strong willed You'd simplify things if you'd forget what the nurses said Even if he is t strong willed it is better to forget it or make few opportunities for him to display it Saddling him with such a reputation makes it impossible for him to be anything but strong willed You arc are right that whipping would only antagonize him and make matters mat matters tel's worse But removing him from the room promptly on the heels of his behavior couldn't help but impress him with the obnoxiousness of ot his con con- duct duet Isolation is the worst of punish punish- ments Spanking is dramatic and centers centers cen cen- attention on the thc child attention he enjoys even in the midst of pain Putting him out of the room and leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing him alone to play Is simply unbearable unbearable unbearable un un- un- un bearable to an any child who enjoys the thc limelight ht If you OU do this consistently and without an anger er or scolding hell he'll understand exactly how he lie must act in order to stay in the room with you and your friends Also satisfy his natural desire to throw by furnishing him harmless bean bags or balls and suggesting suggesting sug sus gesting appropriate te targets Take him downtown when you ou arc are not Intent on shopping Your past gestures have been futile because you were in the store for a purpose and even the child knew that you ou would not leave If he shrieks and rages walk out with him and go straight home Carry him if sary Dont Don't bother to scold him or confuse him with explanations Just go straight home If you do this of often orten ten enough and immediately on the thc heels of the temper spells hell he'll know that unless ho wants to go home he has to stop such conduct My leaflets How to Manage the Child Wisely and How to Meet the Childs Child's Opposition would be valuable valuable able ones for you to read Any mother moth er cr faced with a determined child may have these for a self-addressed self stamped envelope accompanying her request request for them Incidentally we have been opening man many letters lately which asked for leaflets and omitted I the return envelope Our one way of sending leaflets to readers is by means of this necessary envelope which should d be stamped and addressed with the name and full address of the reader Remember th that t please Tomorrow Cold Weather Veather Lessens Danger of Spoiled Foods |