Show Praise Helps To T 0 Continue Good Actions By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Children are anxious anxious anxious' to repeat the he kind of ot conduct which wins them hem sincere and sweet praise To tell ten Tommy whenever possible ble that h ho he makes you proud because because because be be- cause he never interrupts when you have company is to check any thoughtless bids for attention To humiliate him when he does interrupt interrupt interrupt inter inter- rupt is ie to make him mean and ready to misbehave again Attention Mothers ten tend to Ignore good good conduct conduct conduct con con- duct as If It it were something to be expected ted and then give unusual attention at at- to misbehavior Let Molly cry one night though she has been used to going to bed without a whimper and she sho wins attention attention- though hough it may be a scolding argument argument ment and re reasoning attentions reasoning attentions which keep the mother in tho the room and on the job a little longer The effect of ot attention even attention even though hough it be angry and punitive is s always to impress the attention- attention getting conduct on the child The bed ed wetting child isn't influenced by y the mothers mother's lI blame and punishment punish punish- nent ment but far more more- often otten by the mothers mother's praise of his efforts The child is then filled with a desire to live Jive up to the mothers mother's appreciation a- a tion and her faith that he can alter aUer his lis bad habit My leaflet How to Manage the Child Wisely will help mothers who are meeting these problems of ot behavior Any mother may have a copy by sending a self-addressed self 3 cent stamped envelope with her re request request request re- re quest to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the Your Baby and Mine department department depart depart- ment mont of at this newspaper Ignore Misbehavior 1 Tantrums win the child more parental attention than the tho child could earn by being go good d. d Yet it is good behavior we want repeated and not the tan tan- n- n Mothers who understand the value of ot judicious praise will be eager eager to to to find opportunities to use It Because approval is powerful It cant can't be overdone or used falsely But there are so many natural situations situations sit sit- much so-much admirable conduct that deserves praise that mothers should be on the alert to take advantage advantage ad ad- I ad-I vantage of them Then give to misbehavior mis mis- b behavior e the neglect it deserves |