Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-25 | Page 4 | Parent Should Take Little Notice of Child Food Whim

Parent Should hould T Take ke Little Little I Notice of Child Food Whim By MYRTLE MEYER l ELDRED Because there It is so much discus disc Ion ilon about child care problems the the mother is to poun pounce 6 upon any sign of un unusual sual behavior Ch and magnify it to th the tho pinnacle of oi J. J 1 problem Naturally there ther is no co conduct con con- duct so certain to encourage the Vei veryl b behavior on one seeks to avoid as te to throw the blinding rays of concern and attention upon it ChU- ChU dren adore being noticed and It If the thC they theyan can an gain attention by the doing of ot something they continue it became ho tho results are are so 50 pleasing Jim wont won't cat eat carrots carrots he he hates hates' par parsnips ho refuses brown breads bread In Is It of ot any Importance Not th tb the j slightest st st. Carrots Carrot may be refused refuse because at the moment Jim hu has lia halt had enough food because h he Is momentarily momen enjoying an exclusive for lor peas or for any number of ot t rn sons Let Him Refuse Food Foods If It no to-do to is caused by this refusal re re- It gathers no haloes babes Jim Jit quite apt to go through stages stain In tf which one or the other food seems 1 distasteful to him Let him Adul Adults have no hesItancy In say laye JS Those dumplings look Jook but I cant can't mann manage e them today We consider an adult sensible who knows wh when n she wants Want a food Yet we wa deny the child that self seU same privilege We Va deny the child a n right to refuse refuse re- re rel fuse some certain food because it laan Isan la Is an affront to the mother for her 3 trouble in preparing It it Jt I h is a waste of food and It i to Si or so we wo think det J to th childs child's nutrition 1 i Simply Ignore It But all aU refusals and temporary dislikes would come to nothing if uJ wo we failed to notice them failed to comment upon them simply took it for tor granted that the child would tOI some day not care for tor exactly Ui food we had pro prepared pared for him Nothing special ial need bo be for the refused food That Tha would bring about a still greater problem We merely treat tho the child J I Jas as we wo should a sensible adult letting let let- lel ting him express a temporary die du taste and ignoring it 1 4 Foods to Be Bc Avoided in Summer DIetS Diet Is b the title of a special leaflet which you may have for Cor a self self-ad I dressed cent 3 stamped envelope enVelops 1 sent to Myrtle Meyer reyer Eldred of the j Your Baby and Mine department of ot 4 I The Salt Lake Telegram