| Show Your Baby And Mine By Dy MYRTLE l MEYER ELDRED S ARE YOU OU A PARENT WITH A PROBLEM I This department goes on serenely day by day and all aU at once is brought up sharply with some such query as Do you have any leaflets on feeding feed teed ing My amazed reaction always is Can there be an anyone one reading this department who doesn't know about the leaflet service If there is even one such sueh person there may bo be others and the leaflet service is so vital and important a apart apart apart part of this department that we want everyone to know about it SERVICE There are two bran branches hes to the service ser vice mothers may obtain from this department de de- de First is personal nal help on on all the numerous problems of at physical physical cal care feeding and training of children children chil chil- dren from birth to 5 years second helpful leaflets that cover the problems probe lems in greater detail and supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment the personal help It Is quite apparent that the answer answer an an- to a problem may demand just justa justI I a sentence or it may demand almost I a book to cover caver it adequately The space in fri the department is small so the daily dally discussions can cover only a segment of any subject The space I to answer a problem is likewise limited lim tim and the leaflets enable a mother to know more about the whole problem problem lem with which she is wrestling than can be set down in such limited space I AVOID PROBLEMS IS The principles which carried carded out day by day insure the right results in child rearing can never be entirely covered in a simple answer I try to encourage the mother not to be satisfied satis satis- fied fled with an answer but to become I acquainted with attitudes which encourage en en encourage courage the childs child's wholesome devel devel- Thus she can eliminate problems lems rather than meet each cach one and try to answer it The leaflet service has grown fo to enormous proportions and covers every every imaginable aspect of feeding from birth to 12 years Leaflets on the different types of habit training on all aU kinds of desirable adult attitudes attitudes attitudes atti atti- tudes discipline and character trainIng training training train train- ing are also included in the service Problems which should be taken care of by a doctor do not come in the scope of this department now HOW TO GET LEAFLETS The mother who wants a leaflet badly will find the directions for getting get get- I ting it very simple Write me mc your problem in detail If it is not answered answered an an- in any of the leaflets I shall write you a personal letter about it Always read the leaflets carefully I and if what you ou are doing differs materially materially materially ma ma- from their advice it is time timeto timeo to o change promptly All leaflets are I distributed without cost the only requirement requirement requirement re re- being that th the mother furnish furnish fur tur nish a self addressed sel stamped envelope envelope en in which the leaflet or personal per reply may be returned to her Be sure that the envelope bears your full ull ful address and that the stamp is fastened securely and not left sliding about about These are small matters maters but observance of these suggestions greatly greaty facilities the handling of thousands thou thou- sands ands of letters Helping mothers solve their daily daiy perplexities perplexities' is my desire If f there theres is s any phase of feeding training or behavior that is upsetting your baby and perhaps y your ur household write me today Tomorrow Tomorrow fAir Air and Sun Essential to o Healthy Development |
