Show Evening Chit ChitChat BY RUTH EUTH CAMERON T 1 thy mother WHY 1 A Because I 1 tell ten you ou to Jack Vy That's enough Haven't I told 1 I you ou I dont don't want you ever er to ask mo why I tell you ou to do anything lag I Knowing the mother whose words I quote to be a a. most estimable woman and devoted mother Im I'm sure she would be horrified at anyone who would give he her babies soothing syrup or paregoric or sleeping powders of any kind to put their little bodies asleep And nd yet et wasn't she doing something Just Justas as ns had bad in administering tho the mental deadener dead dead- ener of Because o I tell you OU to to-don't to donl ask why to try to keep her boys boy's mind n asleep To ask why seems to me a child's childs right that should be as Inalienable as asman's asman's asman's mans man's right to life liberty and tho the pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit of happiness For to want ant to know wh why Is as unalterably unalterably un un- un- un alterably a healthy childs child's Instinct as it is for water to seek its own level And as dangerous to interfere with Tine The river whose natural course is cut oft off by man manor manor manor or nature will make mako itself a new channel perhaps doln doing infinite harm han thereby The childish why wIny that Is turned back upon It itself lt by an authoritative Because I say so 10 will find Its own answer Jr perhaps per per- haps hape doing as much harm as the river in the process But nut I cannot always alwa's stop to tell ten m my little girl Irl why hy I want her to do a thing tuning protester protested one mother with whom horn I was discussing this question Suppose she abc was coming across tho the street and I saw nw sawan nn cm automobile rushing down upon her herand herand herand and told her to hurr hurry If sho she sho stopped to ask wh why hy she he would probably be he killed There Is plenty of oC truth In that mont meat I 1 admit But I didn't sa say one must tell ten tho the child why before he ho obeyed What's hats to prevent nt you from teaching your our children to obey instantly and afterward allow them to ask why shy h If you always answer their whys fairly and squarely to the best of your our ability It ought to be beor or very simple to teach them to trust you to that extent Explain to them that you iOU must have havo implicit and Immediate obedience because you OU do not ask things without having some good reason afterward There are aro things It Isn't easy to explaIn explain explain ex ex- ex- ex plain to a child someone protests I 1 admit It But there are a good man many things about the bringing up tip of a a. childs child's body that are arc not particularly easy and them Is his you OU seem to accomplish mind le less s Important Instant willing obedience on the childs child's s spart part plus an honest attempt on en your part to lo explain the wh why of your our behest In Ina Ina a a. way that will be he understood Isn't that a better combination than outward unquestioning lug obedience and In Inward inward In- In ward vard questioning and rebellion on the childs child's part plus a n stiff necked assertion of or your our right not to explain your our commands commands com com- mands on your our part I C. C I i |