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Show 3 Child Cheats To Make Sure IleWill WiiT By MYRTLE MEYER ELORED When a child cheats at games, ha tails ua a good many thlnga about himself. Ha tells us that he has to win, because to fail would make him fael Inferior. Failure ahould help tha child to try harder. Whan It tneplree cheating, his mother most reaHee that he lacks -enough other waya la which be Your Baby can ahine either at home or at school. He wanta to feel auperior and he geta an easy satisfaction of thla desire by cheating instead of striving harder to win. Fear Leaer The mother writes: "My boy is a poor loaer, when ha doesn't win he cheats. Ha alao wanta to play for money, because once a week at school they play lotto for 10 cents a card and whoever wins geta tha prise money. I think thia is terrible terri-ble for children In the flrat grade and up. Should I apeak to the principal? prin-cipal? I think a 10-cent prise would be cheaper and thia would give them a little toy to work for instead in-stead of money." Your boy, from all you have told me. which was too long for thia column, la aufferlng from jealousy of hia younger brother. The need to win in games is of vital importance impor-tance to him because the younger boy wins so easily and you seem to be partial to him. Lava the Same You can aee that the older boy figures that If he wins he will likewise like-wise earn your Increased regard. Let him aee that your lova la tha aame. no matter what he la. You should explain, also, that in cheating ha makes the game so easy that there la no aatiafaction In winning win-ning it. I am unable to understand the gambling situation you describe. Is the school trying to earn money ) for aome project and using such a meana to do so? If their Idea ia only to amuse the small children, it la so aerloua a matter that it Our leaflet, "Meals far the School Child," advisee mothers ta avoid monotony In planning meals. Send a aelf-addreea, it. t-crnt attunped envelope with your request for the leaflet by name to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the Your Baby and .Mine department de-partment of The Salt Lake Telegram. Tele-gram. should be dealt with through your local P.-T. A. or board of education. Gambling is gambling, whether for a 10-cent toy or money. To Instill In-still in children of tender age a love for the excitement of games of chance le ao antagonistic to good character training that I feel the parents in the school are most careless care-less in failing to voice their hearty disapproval of it. |