Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 4 | Mothers, Teachers Should be Well Acquainted

Mothers Teachers Should Be Well Acquainted S By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON v s 1 Every child prefers to have some little life of his own but he also loves the feeling that his affairs affairs' are of vital j interest t rest to those who love him S The teacher represents his independence independence inde inde- in a way or at least she is associated with a life not tied up with home and its people She is less emotional more factual and friendly rather than affectionate She is interested in Johnny objectively ob- ob rather than subjectively which means in plain A B C that thai she doesn't regard him with mother love All this is very good for Johnny He has to learn that the world worl wont won't wear its heart out over him although it may be vitally Interested interested interested Inter inter- ested in his welfare Perhaps not perhaps yes But every human being being being be be- ing needs to know that someone somewhere cares for him personally personal personal- ly above his bis mere success and that i he is loved for being just Johnny no matter what he is or does When a little child goes to school his attitude to future scholastic experience will be happier if he can cantie cantie cantie tie his school life in some way to his home life He doesn't want to live two live ive lives so entirely apart He cant can't be two people not all at once he cant can't It will be bc years before he will be able abe to divide himself in two and not crave some relation between en his right and left hand if he ever does He cant can't black out home for school or rub out school for home He yearns to see some connection between them This is one reason why mothers and teachers should be friends anc and have some contact even a brief one so Johnny can st see sen the representatives representatives tives s of his two lives touching hands When school is fairly well started started started start start- ed and without interrupting a busy teachers teacher's schedule it is wise for you mother to call on Miss White for a minute in Johnnys Johnny's s presence or if her time will permit and it is at all convenient ask her in for a acup acup acup cup of tea It lIt is true that teachers cannot possibly go calling or or dining to too often and forty pupils are forty pupils Think how it would tax her to accept all the friendly invitations invitations invitations from well meaning and hospitable hospitable hospitable hos hos- parents But she will cooperate cooperate cooperate co co- co- co operate as much as possible in your friendly friendy advances I am sure Once the child knows that his interest is mutual to the two people peo pea pea- pIe most concerned he is more con con- tented And the reverse is true naturally If there is warfare between between between be be- tween mother and teacher h he hO will never take the teachers teacher's side Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over it may fix antipathy to school for all time to come once a child gets the idea that a teacher teacher- i. i is an enemy to be defeated Anyhow it is better better- all around for parents and teachers to smile and shake hands There has been too little mixing of home and school in the past Better to make it a partnership instead of rival factions 54