Show Y Your our ur Baby 0 and nd Mine J MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED 4 r Why must the mother be careful careful care- care f. f ful tul of baby's food during his secand second second sec sec- ond and summer Mrs Eldred ex- ex r. r F plains in her leaflet Why Is Second See See- ond Summer S a Dangerous Pc- Pc nod Write for a copy f. f e. e ing a self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope with your re re- re quest The mIddle mIddle-b between child has a di dif difficult place in family life lite I i She Is not nol the youngest and and therefore therefore there there- fore forc not the recipient of at much fond lenient treatment as well as the com com- that naturally accrue to the t baby She is not the oldest and therefore not the recipient of special spa spa- cial privileges which the older because beI be be- I cause of age and abilities just as i naturally This fact tact is ignored by parents who I ore are c certain they treat all their children chil- chil children dren with impartiality and nd will vill not nota a recognize that age itself an Itself an unchangeable unchangeable un un- changeable factor makes factor makes it impossible sible to give each child the same r i p treatment a accorded the other 5 i The inequalities of opportunity which are part of the destiny of at the middle child lead to unusual lems The he child may make that extra ex ex- t tra effort and endeavor to surpass the I II older especially if their ages are within two years years' or so She is more amiable she is more diligent in performing performing performing per per- forming her tasks In the home she is more Industrious at school and gels gets better mal marks This Is the way children children chil- chil 18 j dren balance their inequalities and get what t they ey intensely desire a place on the level with ith the child whose position they envy They ey may do just the opposite and ink back to the level of the younger I child By so doing they hope to e enJoy en- en Joy the benefits of that dependent p po po- They fall faU back into bab baby ways ys They demand more of the parent by habits which they Should have outgrown permanently This is most apt to happen when children chil- chil dren dean are very small when one child I ris Is four one two and the third a baby i The two year two old ear reverts revert to the position tion of babyhood in in an effort to re recover recover cover its privileges The problem may be less easily dis dis- dis ible The middle child ma may indicate indicate in in- only to wise eyes the unhappiness ness and dissatisfaction which she iEt it iE 1 unable to articulate but which shows show in her mean stubborn sullen actions ac no nok t k t. t She is not in need of discipline ol of scolding or nagging What such ar a r child needs is the mothers mother's under under- t t standing of why she is unhappy an and dissatisfied and an effort to offer her ways of achieving a personally satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- position in the family This must be done by encouraging her independence independence in dependence and by offering her more F noticeable affection until she feels surer of her happy position in the family u |