Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 17 | The Unsocial Child

I THE UNSOCIAL CHILD I Although children suffer a natural de degree degree degree de- de gree of Shyness shyness and a certain timidity during the formation of an acquaintanceship acquaintance acquaintance- Sh ship p it Is usual for them to adjust their relations with other children for r them them- selves When the natural desire desira of children for social Intercourse is not encouraged or is undeveloped other children will tease them and torment them if allowed to todo todo todo do so or will have nothing to do with them If a child chilli is able to assert his rights I he is taken into the fold by common consent conent and becomes a part of the flock If however he is not encouraged to overcome shyness and timidity and to as assert assert assert as- as sert himself these faulty traits of character character character char char- acter become more and more marked The child becomes largely because of the tho greater opportunity afforded afford afford- ed him to weave fancies about his Insufferable in insufferable insufferable In- In sufferable lot Later in lIl life the habit lt of introspection tion thus formed serves as a a. mental pit fall The wise teacher should d note se ushe- ushe ness hess in children and the tendency of other other other oth oth- er children to leave them to this fate If It the true tru meaning of this Is not understood understood un un- and if through sympathy she makes males the mistake of encouraging a achild achild al child l by adopting P h him as S It were cr as her l. l the g child ff 1 soon c l looks upon p the teacher as M a substitute and clings to her as a a. protector and the tendency to o indulge In reflections over his supposed wrongs is encouraged Dependence in this respect will increase with advancing age until it becomes a fixed habit of infantile infantile InCan tile tendencies