Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks B By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN There was a time when the actual education of ot children began with their first day at school when they were wera about 0 6 years old Nowadays we know that the child will do much better belter in school if it it gets the right kind of ot training before school There are parents who are arc happy only when they see their children happy To get ct the reaction that they want from the child they pamper it keep it constantly in good humor with presents and rewards and eventually eventually event event- make the youngster a tyrant in the home You can easily recognize a child that has has' been spoiled in this manner It refuses to cat and the whole family spends its time coaxing scolding and bribing it to take enough food to I satisfy the parents of what the child ought to have The more they coax the tho more the child chUd postpones his fee feedings dings because he enjoys enjo's the attention 00 Sooner or later because of ot constant constant con con- stant babying the child develops an irritable nature and whines to get what he wants Eventually the parents parents parents par par- decide that rigid measures must be adopted and the final conflicts may have a permanent effect cUed on the childs child's emotional reactions for the rest of ot its life The right kind of of attention during the preschool period tends to overcome overcome overcome over over- come these difficulties We now have habit clinics for children chil chil- dren of preschool age where the bad habits that have been mentioned arc given careful study and the child trained to overcome them theine a e 0 It has been found in such clinics that the real treatment begins with the mother instead of or with the child In her reaction to her deficiencies the he mother will develop all aU sorts of physical complaints rebel against every mild mUd discomfort and pain and ov her emotions In many instances if the mother has las a reasonable amount of ot intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence an explanation as ns to the na nature na- na ture of the situation works an almost immediate cure in her case and makes it 1 possible for her to cooperate suitably suitably suit suit- ably ih the training of ot the child chUd This training is a relatively simple matter It is important first of all aU to determine that the child hild does not actually suffer from physical defects and that it is not seriously ill When it is found that the entire situation is mental the feeding probe lem em can an be controlled by permitting the Jie child to go hungry until it is ready to cat eat Sometimes removal from front the family is an im important measure I Children who will not eat at home learn to eat cat readily when they are arc seated at a table with other otner children at a preschool nursery or ten telL Under such circumstances they eat because thc they r do not desire to appear backward in relationship to the he other children and also alro because he the play element clement enters into the feeding feed- feed lug ing ng proc process |