| Show Your Baby and Mine f By MYRTLE IY MEYEl ELDRED ONE UNMANAGEABLE WRECKS MOTHERS MOTHER'S DISPOSITION Bringing up several children of varying ages desires habits and tern tern- is a tremendous job for anyone Many moth mothers rs go down in defeat before on one obstreperous youngster youngster young young- ster but when there are several children children chil chil- dren the irritation of even even one unmanageable unmanageable un manageable child hUd is enormous The foIl following owing letter will sound very real to he mothers of several children Mrs 0 F. F B. B Brites dramatically dramatically dra dra- I 1 have a problem that nearly drives m me rae wild 1 I have four tour children a boy of 12 one of 6 a girl of 7 and a baby of 16 months TOE TIlE PROBLEM The boy of 6 is my problem He HeIs Heis Heis is very active and wants to imitate everything the older ol-der boy docs does He hits lits everyone as he hc p passes them and md nd keeps seeps that up all day Ive I've tried kee keep ing tag in hImin the thc back yard but he getsin getsin gets getsin in fights with next door and so I let him go The first first thI thing g I know he is right in the middle of the street with his wagon I could call calt calland calland and call calt him all day long and he wont won't move unless I come out with a switch or ora a strap I get getso so aggravated I fuss and fight and lose my temper but this does not help him try to please me rne How can I train him hirni WORDS INEFFECTIVE There is much to say and not much space in which to say it In lathe Inthe the first place you have learned earned through ex ex- that words are not dice dice- ual Acts arc are And they needn't be acts punctuated with a switch or a strap You cant can't trust a child chUd of at this age agelo to lo take taka care of himself you have to tobe tobe tobe be responsible for his safety Neither can you rely upon words unless they are followed by acts to teach him that he Is to stay out of the street Tell him when he goes out to play that if it he goes in the street hell he'll be brought in the yard Go after him th the very very moment he goes out and bring him in and keep him in Dont Don't let him stay in the street a minute before you go out and get him He will learn that if he wants to play outdoors he has to stay out of the street That is what you want him to learn isn't it A certain amount of fighting is to be expected of oC children By such activity they actually learn how to o oget get along together If It the fighting isn't proving dangerous to anyone your child or the neighbors' neighbors leave the children alone If It the fighting is I dangerous take your child to the house Th There re is no need for anger or dr dramatics matics Just say When cant can't play in peace you'll have to play alone A FORWARD STEP When you cease cease to expect magic results from sticks sUcks and ond straps you'll make a forward step I have leaflets on on How to Manage the Child Wisely Wisely Wise Wise- ly How to Meet the Childs Child's tion and What Should the Parent Do Instead of Spank which I think you'll find helpful You may have one or all of them if it you will send me a self addressed stamped enve lope with your request to the Your Baby and Mine department of this newspaper Losing your temper shows th the child that he hc is is the powerful one In that case ease hell he'll go as far as he dares waitIng wait wait- ing for the moment when you literally blow up Spend a few days getting yourself on the right track Let him know that you want to trust him him and when he behaves he can have all alI kinds of liberty When he doesn't hell he'll have to play alone in the yard under yo your r eye Give him him chances to imitate his brother I see no real crime in that Perhaps you are limiting his freedom or his activities unnecessarily Do you show him that he is as dear to you ou as the more manageable children You see I I lean Ican can only onh know what you tell me not rae not the whole story per hops haps Tomorrow Remodeling Baby Daby Ears Eus Is la Seldom S Successful |
