Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 6 | Rebellion in Child Means That Mother Reigns Too Severely

REBELLION IN CHILD r I MEANS THAT MOTHER MOTHE J l I REIGNS TOO SEVERELY Y I o Bring your our problems problem about diet general care and management of children to Myrtle M. M Meyer er Eldred Your questions sUon will be an answered promptly if you will send a self self- addressed cent 3 stamped envelope with your letter leter to Mrs MM Eldred in care of the Your Baby and Mine department of ot th this newspaper r. r By MYRTLE MEYER ELORED ELDRED The dawn of ot r rebellion in a child should apprise the mother that In some way her reign Is too loo strict R Rebellion Re Re- bellion hellion heralds the childs child's recognition of ot herself as an individual with wishes and desires which are dear to her The adult usually stands In the way of their satisfaction Just as V we offer a 1 child i some me other toy in place of the one we feel leel he cannot have so we offer otter the rebellious rebel lious child other legitimate opportunities ties for satisfying his hI or h her hr r sense of individuality My little girl will be 3 In June Jun tt writes Mrs M M. McL MeL and up to now she has been so easy casy to man man- age Her rebellion began over the nap Sometimes she Ehe would sleep steep sometimes just stand up and scream I began omitting this nap and putting her to bed at 6 p p. p m. m but this did not work Now I put her into bed for a rest period giving giving ing big her a bag of odds and ends to play with changing this every day Sh She Shi now goes to bed n 7 and 7 This seemed to solve the di difficulty dif until she got a cold Then everything was wrong and reasoning reasonIng reason reason- ing impo impossible sIble The cold Is over but she h Is still having tantrums about sleeping Also she want a bath It is too hot hot and and even one cup of water makes it too cold She cant can't be dressed except pt by force Today I put her in her room and let her yell not yell not a tear When I went in and laid her down and said Go to sleep she went without without with with- out a murmur Sh She still we wets the b bd bed d though for months she did not She began this when she had some I difficulty with eczema This is a along along long V wail but I want to bring up my child with the minimum of punIshment pun pun- I suggest that the following leaflets may prove helpful to you S Send nd one full letter size cent 3 stamped self self- addressed envelope to Myrtle Meyer Eldred care of oC the Your Baby and nd Mine department of 01 this newspaper Ask for Bed Wetting Diet for lor Allergic Child and Meeting the Childs Child's Opposition Continue the afternoon rest period leaving the door open and asking only that she rest and play in bed bedfor bedfor bedfor for an hour At night leave a small light In the hall halt and the door open but of offer r no further att attention Put her down at intervals as you oU said you did Let Lct her help dress press herself and draw her own bath water You are ignoring ignoring ignoring ing her growth and the necessity sity for her taking inking a more active and in increasingly increasingly in- in independent part in those activities in which she Is engaged In such case you leave nothing for forthe forthe forthe the child to do except to rebel at lit any d. d demands mands you OU make upon her