Show I e I fC C 1 Ii I-Ii II tL I I Ii JE IE 1 e Roberts Barton o 1929 by NEA Service Inc nc I do no not that parents as a arule arule rule Possess the to put themselves themselves them them- selves in their childrens children's place or they certainly would change theIr tactics In many things among them public punishment It If grownups only knew how children children chil- chil dren suffer sutter under under- public chastisement chastise chastise- ment not the pain of punishment itself but the agony o of shame Ill I'll lay a 3 good wager there would be less of or it-or better still none Something goes wrong the mother moth moth- mother er gets mad and takes out her anger angel angelor or hysterIa on the child Why I ask you OU should our children have to be the eternal safety valves through which we let oft off steam One day a little girl setting getting into an elevator stumbled and fell and cut her lip Before Defore she was fairly on her ber feet her mother caught her and shook her until her teeth rattled The agony of shame in that little girls girl's eyes was too much for ont passenger passenger ger at least As they got off at an upper floor she stopped and patted the little girl kindly Ive stumbled at that place several times myself Oh she's always falling said ald the mother apologetically r I get getso so EO out of patience The other woman did not reply She would have liked to to speak k a little piece to that mother but what would have been the use Such a mother ts is a t type pe and almost incurable in- in curable One day in a toy department I saw a 3 little boy pick up a horn rn and gIve It no a good loud toot Ills mother grabbed the horn and quick as lightning smacked him on the mouth lIe didn't cry but dived across the aisle to where his sister was standing standing stand stand- ing and doubling up his fist gave her a a punch In the back I dont don't know what psychology was going on In his mind Either shame or fur probably fury probably both But certainly it wont won't be his fault if he turns out some day No matter if a child chUd is really to blame for something dont don't scold or punIsh him in public As for striking a child In the face or on the that head is still another I stor story and a 1 long one |