Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-04-26 | Page 14 | Discover Reason for Child's Temper Tantrums

Your Baby Discover Reason For Child's Temper Tantrums Our free leaflet on "Temper Tantrums," Tant-rums," may be had by sending a three-cent stamped, self -addressed envelope wltb your letter to Mrs. Kldred of ths your baby and mlna department in care of The Salt Lake Telegram. By MYBTLE MEYER ELD RED A temper tantrum la a childish response to a situation which is beyond the capacity of the child to manage. The child's emotions ars ksysd up to act Then the parent stepe in and prevents him from acting. Or, hs finds himself unable to carry out the plana he haa in mind. In a chaotic emotional orgy of anger and helplessness, all there le left for him to do is to throw himself on the floor and bang his head or drum his heels and yell. He .was ready to act and ao he must act, someway. In a manner of speaking, the tantrum helps him, for by this pounding and yelling, he releasee his smotions and te then ready to start again. Parents do not help ths Immediate situation by yelling in turn, "Stop that noise. Stop crying, cry-ing, or I'll givs you something to cry about Better far to leave the child alone to get rid ef his emotion. Then hie anger is dissipated Instead of being given another target the parent Our way ef helping the child who haa chronic temper tantrums is to try to find out why he is so often unable to act, whan hs wants to act la it because of our persistent demands de-mands which interrupt hie own train of thought and activities? Are we to blame because of our refuse re-fuse la to let him do so many, many of the things which be wants to do? Do his own playthings, or even playmates' stimulste him to idess ut.k t. . I. im Mun Ia deal with successfully? These are all commonplace, common-place, home situations which afflict the smooth-running activities of the young child and literally drive him Into temper tantruma, Be critical of the child's environment environ-ment hie opportunities to act and hie playmates when he ia given to frequent displays of these unproductive unpro-ductive smotions. Of course, they mey not be unproductive if he gets to do whst hs wsnts to do when he fliee into a rage. But every wise parent will prefer to anticipate a child's natural smotions and ssy yes at first rather than after ehe is driven to It by a tantrum. When serving lamb, remember that it should be very hot er oold. but never lukewarm. Roast lamb la good whan sliced for a oold meat platter, and when diced It Is excellent excel-lent for meat salads. But whsa It should be hot be euro it la piping hot Have platter and p la tee warmed and serve the meat aa soon aa it la taksa from the oven. -