| Show Y Your ou Baby Baby And Ad Mine Mie I By MYRTLE METER MEYER ELDRED 1 THREATS ARE SHODDY SnODDY WEAPONS WRAP WEAr ONS OF CORRECTION Yesterday I walked through trough a de- de de store behind a mother mothe and anda ad ada a child cd about the three or tour lour years year of ot age ge The Te child W was S lagging as chil chi dren ren in such places are apt to do What the child saw sw on one counter couter high above her head was Just jut as Interesting in- in or lacking in interest as a what came next next Not so the te mother She he was hurried and cross cros and she he moved ahead hoping to spur the child to o move with her She stopped and turned tuned back Hurry up she said In i an irritated voice olce and when the child stood looking look look- ing tog at her without moving moving she said warningly If I you dont don't hurry hurr go away and ad leave you YO EFFECTIVE It I was very effective The Te child chUd whimpered and ran ra forward to grasp grap her mothers mother's hand had a mute plea not to t abandon her In this big strange place Probably the next time tie th the mother moter goes shopping in i this th store the child will wl set up a loud wailing She wont won't easily forget the place in which her t terror had been inspired Or she he may waken in the te night and ad scream cream out and keep screaming until utU the he mother moter comes to t reassure her that tat she is still sti there Threats Teat have such sch aftermaths COMMON OCCURRENCE Yet how quickly mothers mother resort to o threats treat of one kind kid or another anoter to impel the child chUd to act ac according to her desires I The Te mother might more easily have taken taen the childs child's hand and helped her to move more sedil speedily speed speed- sed- sed ly ily il toward their goal Instead she sho preferred to stand inactive and let threatening words word b be th the stimulating force orce Not so long ago a mother wrote me about the persistent lying of her stepson a boy of 11 1 She wanted to I be a good mother moth r to him hi but had no no real affection for the te child just justa a very clear cear recognition of ot all al his hs childish failings When she didn't beat him hi for his actions she saved up their recital recital- reial until uti the lather father fater ar arrived a- a arved ar- ar rived home He administered the delayed punishment So far tar she had bad been seen completely unsuccessful In fact so she said the boy showed her herno herno herno no love or appreciation at alL al Her latest act had been to take te the boy boyto to a reformatory and have the attendant at at- show him a room which was wasI going to to be his if Il i he didn't stop ly ly- ly- ly ing g. g CONFLICT The Te ridiculousness of attempting to a love of the truth in a child by being beig guilty herself hersell of such an enormous whopper seems seem never never to have occurred to this conscientious souL So far her only ony methods method of ac accomplishing ac- ac ac a change in the te childs child's behavior have been of the same kind kid pain and fear They work with wit the young child up to a certain certin point then the childs child's need nee to t act and move under his hs own compulsion and not according to the dictates of some domineering elder leads leids lead inevitably to conflict an and disobedience Threats Treat are from every aspect un undesirable undesirable u. u un- un desirable which is really realy too mild mid a word word They are the we weapons pons of the unthinking parent paret ate who sees see only their immediate effect She She does does not see that threats threat shake the childs child's faith in the security of the parents parent's love and kindness and ad truthfulness and without these bulwarks he h-e is i bereft indeed I a |
