Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-19 | Page 15 | Few Parents Able to See Their Child Critically

4 FEW PARENTS TS TO SEE SEEL l THEIR CHILD CRITICALLY I By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hy Hy- gels geia the Health Magazine One of the primary factors of the scIentific mind is 18 the ability to observe observe ob- ob serve crItically 0 or in other words actually to see when one looks ThIs Involves not only looking but knowIng knowing know know- Ing what one is looking for I Few parents are able their children critically I- I catly cany or objectively The ability to eo ee comes with practice In one ot of the mental tests a person looks at a group ot of objects scattered about on a tabio for one minute and then after being away for five minutes attempts to write down the number and the names of the objects seen With lice one becomes able to name more and more mOIre or of the ts seen In observing the child the mother look for indications indica- indica ot of growth and development i and not for imperfections imperfections' and Irregularities Ir- Ir regularities It is easy casy to J Pick ick Jaws flaws and blemishes It is more Important to dIscover progress and to encourage it Encouraging progress Is likely to cause the tho disappearance of some character traits that are aro not considered con con- progressive True Truo spec pet tive comes only with seeing the child as a a. whole and not with vIewIng view vIe Ing protuberances or exaggerations Some things are aro essential and Others rather Irrelevant Occasionally Occa- Occa a a. child repeat n. n naughty word heard on the street Emphasis ott on the Word Is likely to causo cauBO repeated usage may result in abandonment Some Somo of the tho traits that ire are much admired In a small child eventually develop Into traits In adult life mE that ate ale A 0 old 6 girl who maLes mal II a pert or smart reply may be considered red I c cute the am rt ply ma made e when 4 the child is 14 years ot of age is likely to result In punishment Too much encouragement ot of smartness In the young child Invariably Invariably In- In variably results In continued smartness smartness smart smart- ness or may be caned called ness in later life Self dependence aggressiveness and are traits capable of modification Under under un- un der careful observation and stud study nut But It should she be emphasized again that the observation must be objective objective ob- ob and intelligent not merely blind study and approval I