Show PARENTS MUST BUILD BUILDUP UP SOCIAL ATTITUDE m mIN I II IN YOUNG YOUNG CHILDREN I 1 Everyone Is proud of children who are arc polite Write for tor Mrs Irs EldreG's Eldred's El- El dred's dreGs leaflet Good Manners lanners for tor Small Boys and Girls Send with your r request Quest a self addressed Z cent stamped envelops envelope t to Myrtle Meyer Z Eldred care eare of Your lour Baby Bilby and Mine department of this news news- paper There is always some element of or danger in even hinting that mothers should help children to play hap hap- happily with other children for mothers can become such a predominant por por- portion tion Uon of each social situation as at to cast the child into irrevocable tion I But children do nc need aced d to tobe be shown how to be sociable It Is b mothers of or young children who must manipulate the social machinery so O that chil chU dren can have small guests or at least given the run of or the playroom and md thus left to learn the Ws tas of or sociability My little girl sirl is 6 G years old and i Is in her second term at school writes Mrs A. A J. J S. S She docs does her work well but she tries to be smart in some way For instance when the teach teacher r calls on her t tn to read she will vIll whisper so no one can hear her She tells tells' me that thit after alter Easter Ester vacation wh when n she ahe twill t i will wUl return to lo school she will kid the t teacher When the teacher asks her to read she will whisper to herself She Is a h healthy normal child i but is not a good mixer She will not join other children in play at school She has one chum and if it this girl will vill not play with her hor sh she he I stands around and watches the others How can I help my child in this situation i It It Itis is invariably difficult to sift out the tha causes for childish behavior in school as there arc ae so many el elements tie ele ments menis involved From what you OU have told me it would seem that in some someway way the child feels Inferior to her hern hert companions She is comfortable with only one chosen playmate and antI r f evidently is fo not well acquainted with i the tho childrens children's ns n's parents and the child chUd I for some reason dots does not feel at home in their I company f Her actions in school chool would fortify this surmise By acting so ro not through timidity ltv v 1 v In I b by intention n she figuratively lOft thumbs her nose at these pupils for ii whom she harbors a feeling of In to tf By acting as they would fore not dare to act and kidding authorIty author author- Ity she convinces herself that she he fj Is s superior to them She needs to meet the children in other situations outside school She needs to lo have the opportunity to act in ways which will foster a feeling of superiority The teacher can help ID b by giving iving her some special obligations obligations obliga- obliga lions in school and you can help by inviting one or more of her school chool friends to lo your our home and letting her herSet herget get Set better acquainted with them to so that she enlarges her circle of friends Home attitudes impress themselves on children and it is well for par par- j jents never to make remarks which will ill give the child the feeling that she needs to stand aloof e |