Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-07-01 | Page 15 | Your Baby and Mine

I YOUR BABY AND MINE Unselfishness Must Be Voluntary in Children By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED When a mother says I 1 make my boy give up his toys when other children want them because because because be be- be- be cause I dont don't r want him to be f 7 selfish she Is doing by forse what should only be done voluntarily To shame a achild achild achild child for not i per permitting a Ii younger child to take possessIon possession possession pos pos- session of his pro property perty is to Myrtle Eldred develop a burning sense of resentment resentment resentment re re- because his mother er is showing f favoritism and because the younger child to learn to respect the possessions of others than it is for tor the older older- one to tomake tomake make a pretense of unselfishness Everyday play with everyday companions is not the place or orthe orthe orthe the the persons for whom a child must give up p his own cherished toys He goes out ut to play with his own things and If it he wants to share or or trade that is his affair Children learn to be unselfish unselfish un un- selfish if they live with I and play with persons who are generous Leaflet No 69 Selfishness and Jealousy may be had by sending sending- a stamped se sead self addressed ad envelope with your request to Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care are of the Salt Lake Telegram