Show YOUR BABY AND MINE Children Can Be Cruel By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED DRED When we recognize that children children children chil chil- dren can be cruel and thoughtless thought thought- less and make life miserable for other children then we do well not to furnish them with the material for such persecution It is the child who nho is in any anyway anyway anyway way different from the average who has to be helped to develop a thick sl skin n so that life may not be made too unhappy for him It takes years for children to learn appreciation for human suffering because what has hac not been experienced is difficult to imagine It is wise to tell the adopted child that he is adopted but it isn't necessary to inform the neighbors or their children One child I know was saved from be becoming becoming becoming be- be coming a neurotic w when h hen e n her mother wisely moved out of the school district The group with whom she had grown up twitted her constantly with not being an own child The fact that there has been a divorce in a family need not be aired to the small fry fry- They do donot donot donot not understand the reason leason for these chan changes es in human relationship relationship relationship rela rela- and so are in no position position position tion to evaluate them The mother is right who explains to old t that hat her her 3 S1 year friends friend's daddy works someplace else and only gets home occa occa- Is Is There a Santa 1 may be bea a leaflet that will help you decide decide de de- cide how to answer this question question ques ques- tion now It may be had by send send- ing your request for leaflet No 77 wi with th a a. self addressed elf add res sed stamped envelope to Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of the Salt Lake Telegram Home Service Bureau |