Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-25 | Page 10 | Temperament in Parent is Bad for Child

Temperament In Parent Is Bad for Child I By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Being human mothers are aro subject sub lub to change of or humor from day dayto to day So are fathers But when r the pair vair are absolutely unpredictable able as to mood It makes It pretty 11 hard for the youngsters 1 l The east wind affects dispositions radically Maybe it Isn't just the r wind but air pressure On heavy days some somo people ar are depressed others cranky Still others are as u t mean a. a as Old Nick c himself l People who go on and on at an even keel are uninteresting and f 1 dull Those who fly off at a tangent i sometimes can be the most human t i. i and md sympathetic of the species So Sono 1 no one Is preaching sameness just i iCor for Cor sameness sake As a friend of ot i mine said one time of a smooth tempered woman Yes she is all allright allright right but but she's too beautifully complacent com to attract me I think that children en enjoy the many-faceted many parent as long as he i or 01 ahe she stays reasonably put The parent children lose confidence in is J 4 the one who apparently gets a thrill c cout out of being unreasonable Late Hours Fray Nerves Nerve Late hours hours t and a a. continuous SUCcession sue sue- I cession of parties work havoc with 1 dispositions I know one woman who Is constantly In the clouds or In tho the depths Either she is contemplating 1 plating a party or getting over one In the tho afternoons she would hand any child of hers the earth if It he ho asked for tor it Next morning ho aho ho wont won't let anyone say boo j Her whole existence depends on social success and the fortunes of at her family rise and fall according to this barometer She sets too much i store by cuts or imagined cuts cut She is is falsely stimulated by flattery Naturally her reactions to the fam tam 1 ily By have little to do with the children themselves but arc are warmed warmed-overs I from tram her hectic social life I 1 know a business woman who i is is like this too She Is exhilarated depressed or nervously tired about half halt the time She Is working for J the benefit of her family but at the 1 same time they would rather do dOi without some of their blessings if It 1 they could have the good mother ahe he used to be j Some Lack Balance i However it is not always alway the thel i mother with interests outside the thai home who indulges in hot-and-cold hot orgies of dispositions Or the fa 1 ta l ther who Is i worried to death about 1 money Many people lack Jack emotional emo- emo J emo-J control from no cause at st all sIL 1 Neither weather health pleasure or t business can be blamed s For instance a woman can easily let a bygone sorrow affect her whole personality Unless she wakes up to the fact tact that others suffer indirectly from her spells of depression she can undermine love and patience Others let trifles upset them An An argument with the butcher sours the da day for instance Everyone catches it until the rage wears wear thin Humiliation or any like unpleasantness unpleasantness un pleasantness reacts for days some some- times And on the contrary pleasurable pleasurable pleas pleas- excitement may damage a regular setup routine that It has taken months to establish Self-control Self can be cultivated It Itis is an important asset to the parent ti and to family happiness We Ve cant can't be perfect but we can at least try