Show PARENT SHOULD TEACH OFFSPRING TO FOLLOW COMMANDS WILLINGLY By the time we have reached adult adult- hood lood we are arc inclined to rely upon words to stimulate acts We telephone telephone tele tele- phone our order to the grocers We call down to the maid to be sure th that lt Junior unior puts o on his coat when he goes outdoors We remind our husband of ot the book th that lt Is Js ordered at the book bookstore bookstore store tore and ask him to stop slop and bring it t home Thus the thc small errands of life Ife get themselves accomplished with witha a minimum of ot energy expended Quite naturally when children arrive ar ar- ar rive nyc at the age when they C can understand understand under- under stand land and heed commands we expect he the same results from our words But we must keep In mind that until a achild achild achild child has learned to act at the st mu lus Ius us of ot words he is quite able to push ot off this stimulus at will We say our words fall all on deaf ears but this is only the obvious conclusion The command is heard but it do doesn't nt set setup setup setup up those muscular reactions which are arc essential to motion The child simply listens and d does es nothing The words do not mean action because the action hasn't been an inevitable accompaniment of them When we arc are dealing with the child I of ot the school pre age and endeavoring to lo make verbal orders and suggestions suggestions the motive powers of action we should work more patiently toward that objective We tend too soon to rely entirely upon words Suppose we open the front door and call to the playing child Come here dinner is almost ready Nothing happens The child looks up and goes goeson on playing Fifteen minutes later he has to be reminded again and in the end before he docs does come in in we have to go out and threaten loudly or in n some cases flourish some weapon which supposedly brings him on the run I How undignified and how sary The child has learned to disregard dis regard words because they were not nol constantly followed by their representative representative representative acts Until the child has learned a prompt reSponse response dont don't wait walt for disobedience and then threaten threat threat- en or give punishment but upon the heels of ot the order go out immediately antly antty and patiently but without too and carry it through Do this pleas- pleas much dallying Then cor means Just what It says It do J i mean loitering and ignoring it It means that the imp impulse to Ito to toward the house has been by moving the child toward the h tU when the verbal suggestion Uon Is Is mj madl Eventually If the training Is pleasant at t and consistent we should be able t to jo dispense with the action and let lct the Uit 1 words word stimulate the correct response I |