Show Your Baby A AChild Child May Mayr Try r to o Slap Mother By MYRTLE MEYER ELD ELDRED RED Our leaflet Obedience and Punishment is available free freeto freeto freeto to any mother on request Address Address Address Ad Ad- dress your request for it to Mrs Myrtle Meyer Eldred In care of the the- Your Baby and Mine department department de de- of The Salt Lake Tele Tele- gram Small children learn to hit at their mothers when the mothers moth moth- to ers use slapping and spanking teach them to avoid certain behavior behavior be be- havior However mothers likewise likewise likewise like like- wise do many things which small children do not like So the children show their displeasure displeasure dis dis- dis pleasure by hitting But even without this maternal maternal maternal ma ma- example of hitting children children children chil chil- dren do hit out when angry and then discover the excitement of it it Sometimes they may hit without showing the slightest sign of animosity It is a sort of joyous exuberance of conduct conduct con con- duct which leads them to bite or hit other small children just to be noticed I Of course when someone tries to put a child to bed or stick him into a tub or urge food upon him all should be without force he is quick to hit at the person trying to force him to do what he doesn't want to do Mrs F F. B B. Y Y wonders what she can do about this habit of hitting in her old month boyHe boyHe boyHe boy He hits people who try to pick him up You didn't make it clear whether picking up has to do with behavior which must be performed like the ceremonies cited above If not it may be that the child wants to be rid of the unwelcome attentions of the picker upper I 1 feel that if the person he hits puts him down quickly and walks away hell he'll learn that this sort of behavior does not make friends for him All children have to be shown by acts not words that certain ways of actIng acting acting act act- ing are unprofitable to them When the adult does too much scolding her words confuse confuse confuse con con- fuse the child He likes attention attention attention atten atten- tion even though it is attention which we call disciplinary |