Show Your Baby Cure T Tantrums By Paying No Attention By MYRTLE i MEYER ELDRED The temper temper tantrum has always been one of of childhoods childhood's especial weapons The tantrum arises when the child faces some particular situation situation situ situ- atron which he cannot control He wants to play with the neighbor boy outdoors And And mother other says lays no He wants to have his express wagon in inthe inthe inthe the living room And mother says sars no He wants to make the blocks stay up in a tall pile and constantly they hey fall down The child attunes himself emotionally emotionally emo emo- to his desires Then his de desires desires de- de sires are frustrated and he can do nothing about it He goes all to pieces He throws himself on the floor and kicks his heels and pounds his head He yells until he is hoarse His rage exhausts his emotion emo- emo ion tion and him but it isn't useful because what he wants to do doesn't get done unless his mother says Oh for mercy sake stop that yell yell- ing Put on your things and go outdoors Ill I'll be glad to be rid of you Then his temper tantrum has proved valuable It has had very definite consequences and when he gets in a tight place again and things wont won't come about his way way way- hell he'll try it again Good old tantrum It does the work But if instead his mother looks at him calmly and says Go ahead get it out of your system and walks out of the room looking looking- whether she is or not supremely not supremely indifferent that's quite a different thing Not only has he be lost his mothers mother's attention but he has also lost ost his cause His means have not produced the Desired end So tantrums tantrums tant- tant rums remain exhausting and end nothing nothing noth roth ing else When he has one he cant can't act rationally and his mother is unmoved Temper tantrums have no food upon which to survive if that hat is their reception from adults Free Tree Leaflet Our free leaflet Temper Tantrums Tantrums Tantrums Tant Tant- rums may b be had by sending a i three cent stamped self-addressed self envelope with your letter to Mrs Eldred of the Your Baby and Mine department in care of The Salt Lake Telegram |