Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-23 | Page 7 | Sportsmanship Taught Early Reaps Results

Sportsmanship p Taught Early Reaps Reap Results Re One of or the first things a child should learn is how V to handle ia ef atHis at His natural Instinct Is to to howl howl how when hes he's hurt to resent bitterly a beating No one likes to lose Bufor But Bu for most of us life lire is largely mat made up up of ot the stinging dis disappointment ts of ot small defeats And if we cant can take it its it's just jus too bad sport is always d No matter what wha other attributes a small boy ma may poss possess s if he cant can't take It cant can't control his tears he Is Isso so soon ostracized d from or persecuted persecute by the gang ging Control however is easily or quickly If courage am and good sportsmanship is not asked o oa of ofa ofa a child at homo home from the beginning binning bin begin ning you cannot expect him to t to acquire it overnight to make a good im impression on on his playmate his playmates Homo Home Training Spares Child ChUd Once any habit of behavior is Li formed to form forro even for fora f o oa a short period during those earliest earlies years It very is difficult to break When Jimmie Is old enough to ru run with the gang certain hard boiled elements clements will teach hint him goo sportsmanship sportsmanship-or or else But uh unless unless un- un less ess ho ho has been pr prepared pared beforehand before land hand at home homo it will be a crue cruel perhaps a devastating lesson It may result if Jimmie is sens sensitive sensitive tive live in giving him an intense an and perhaps in incurable ur bl fear of hi his ow V own The lesson a new one without foreword he also will re resent re- re sent it Tom and George have h va bee been unfair to him they the they are are both horrid horrid horrid hor hor- rid boys with wh whom m he wants nothing more to do And Ana all this humiliation fear re resentment re- re and subsequent loneliness Jimmies Jimmie's parents could so easil easily have ve spared hl him Avoid Avold Lavish Sympathy At 2 2 or even a year and anda a halt half Jimmie sho should ld have had bad hi bis is first less lesson n in control courage am and sportsmanship That time and f fell ll in the g garden path path path-of o c course urso it hurt that must be admitted ad ad- ac admitted but hut a big boy like Uke Jimmie Jimmi Jimmie should not have been encouraged to 0 make such a fuss about it When some privilege is denied Jimmie too much sympathy should not bo be offered him He must learn tear to take his disappointments in good part As early as possible games game should be e made a part pat of famil family life ife And Jimmie must not be allowed d to win all aU the time Let him win wini wi i enough in the beginning to build u up his us confidence and to capt capture re his interest But when that is established fished beat him gently and occasionally occa occa- until he has learned tot tak ke it t Then when Jimmie goes forth forth fort into nto group companionship he wi will know now how to conduct himself how howo to o win the respect and liking of hi his contemporaries through a habit o of good food sportsmanship because it itha has been cen taught him in babyhood od ant and practiced by him hini in early childhood at home