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Show j , Developing Good Judgment in Children 1 lata - . . ' Much of tha Inefficiency throughout the hue1 ties world today Is directly due to th U'-k of proper early training in th home. No buatueaa a stent or coiirae In aaleamsnahlp and technique can ever gillie overcome th halilta and mind development Acquired while the Individual waa passing through childhood child-hood and tha moat Impreaatonable years of existence. One Monday morning ! discovered that 1 was out of laundry soap because be-cause .lenn'.e, our laundress, had not reported re-ported ihe fact before she left the previous pre-vious week There was Just time for li'oherl to io to the store tM'tore school "Oet ftve bars of M. H. laundry soap," I told him as he wt.irie.i uTf. Mfiinwhll Jennie sat ainund watt it., all because she hmln t told ni s bout the em pi y snu box the week )efore However, w hile th-a fact la net esi.cl ly the point I am making In this article, yet never-thless never-thless It proves that Jennie had not been taught to us her Judgment wheu she wss small. Hut.lo go back to Hohert. In tha course of tune he appeared In the kitchen kitch-en with empt hands. had told Mrn to get M. II. laundry soap lull the ator had none. and, although the grocer wanted him to bring the next best he decided not to spend his money for 'timet hirg 1 hadn't told him to get. Now Hohert la years old. and be ki.rw that the washing could nut begin until wa hsd In aim p. Hut there were only twenty mlnu tea between then and school time so I dispatched Jennie herself her-self for the soap snd used ten minutes min-utes In trying to Imprena upon Kobrt when not to conform le Implicit obedience. obedi-ence. I showed him hew to reason that the Washing wss soaking. And -that there wssn t any soap tu th house Jnnle waa waiting. Th rlnthea bad to b waaitvd. And to gt them clean w must us soap. Now It would have been much esaler to have aald "Oh, Itobert, run along to achool you do us such poor Judgment." Judg-ment." Hut some day Hubert la going te work for an employer. And that mplnyer will not always be on hand to tell him whst to do when th right kind of material la not available. That employer will hlr him for that very Rurpoae, namly to do his thinking for Im snd take torn of th reapouslhil-Itv reapouslhil-Itv of his depsrtment. Wa can t iIwim get the kind of sogp w ask for In thi world, and wa must Vak quick degi- sions. snd wis ones In choosing tha I next best thing ! Hut I wss rewarded the very next ! w-.ek. The iohp ordeal mads Its Im-i praaslon on Hohert. 1 on evening "Oaddy" telephoned out that b waa bringing hnni a guest for I supper. My first thought waa. "No 1 brt-ad ' Ho I sent Itebert to the store : fnr two lonve of bread. Hut It was late lit the dny, and th store hsd nothing noth-ing hut graham bread. Hohert w ilknl I out and started home, then he reflected actually reflected as had sugKcat-ed sugKcat-ed to him. There waa nu bread In Ihe bouse. A guest Was due, Hotnethlng In the nature of bread food waa necessary. nec-essary. Ho lie returned to the stme mid said he would take the grHham 1 bread. "Two loaves"" asked the grocer. ! Again Robert use.1 hla brains, our fam-! ll does not car for graham bread. Ho I we would not wunt sny left over for th next day. snd be came home with on I loaf. I waa so pleased 1 could have I hugged him for joy if I hadn't been in such a dreadful hurry to et a haatv ' mul prepared. Hi" "i nev '? ' ' 1 n nice talk with Robert, and I foung that he hsd reasoned dihm k h--question Just a I have Indicated sbove. -nd he said. "Mother. I would have come home without any bread and th I stor would have been closed before you I could send me back. If it had not keen i for th aoap." j How 1 did feel repaid for taking that I few minutes on a tmav Monda moriili.g to explain how to ua good Judgment" .Mothers snd teachers can rei all In-stance In-stance after instance similar to the two men Honed when a child had to mak an Independent 'decision. If he had been wisely trained he made a wise declalon. If not. h prohebly cam home without th aoap. It paa to have patlenc and spanri a bAlJe tlm teaching logto even to the tots.' Eventually the- time saved I by such Instruction , will b multiplied a hundredfold, and even though w get no I immediate results, w owe It to th ft,. i tur of th boy and girl to expend this I energy In stYesalng lb vital Importance of using good Judsment. If tbev do not learn to weigh and maur and decide j thing for themselves at th lmprsion- his sge. they wilt not hav thia faculty developed when thy ar grown. Habit's sr not mushrooms that grew everntghi They are oak tree that must b planted many year before they are sctusllv .needed for shsde. But the acora must drup where ths soil la fertile. |