Show I I P KNOW YOUR our YOUR OW OWN N CHILD ITHE I- THE BRAGGART V i All is not gold that glitters gUtters I One might almost suppose that t the e old proverb had been worded i 1 I by some somo facetious psychologist who was making a few wise cracks at atthe atthe atthe the expense of ot human nature in inI I general V For it is certainly equally true i in human behavior that all is not gold that glitters gUtters Indeed speakIng speaking speaking speak speak- ing of ot poor old human nature one might almost go so far as to say that that which glitters gutters Is almost t certainly not gold but rather a cheap alloy used to cover up some weakness I For or nothing ismore unbearable to toman toman toman man woman or child than the consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- of ot weakness or inferiority inferior interior ity Most of ot us attempt to delude even our own selves into believing that our weaknesses really realty do not exist It Is a strong and courageous mind that can frankly face its own limitations and acknowledge th them themas m mas as its own Thus we wo perceive at once the tho mental mechanism of the tho braggart Boastfulness whether occurring Inman in inman inman man or child chUd may almost certainly be accepted as a confession of ot weakness For by boasting he who cannot impress his fellows through his behavior or performance Is novI nev- nev enabled for tor a brief spell to I place himself in a favorable light before his hearers l I With most adults the futility of boastfulness is soon perceived and andI I the habit discontinued though the world is full of men and women who in this respect have never grown up With children however the habit of bragging is easily ac B Bm m Dear DearV Dr Crane B BI I have a boy 9 years old T T Th other day I overheard him in a He lie and its it's worried me pie e ne nearh nearl rl sick ever cyer since He told J boy h ho goes with that he got dve ov e 85 In everything on his report card when he only got 75 In and 70 In history He lIe doesn't k kd C that I heard him How low should I g about correcting him III MRS S S. S F. F C CAt CAt At lea least Jt you may have the sat s' s faction of ot being certain that y U boy would liko to bo be getting 8 Jh all his hig school subjects Tell Mil Mil- quietly that you overheard hi M statement to the other little Vh boy but Instead of scolding him try show him how foolish it Jt is to boast Assure him that you are s satisfied whatever his marks if It only he wil wildo il ildo do his best If It the boy is re lJ I capable of doing the tho work jou u might imply that an average cast really wouldn't be so impossible after all all nU If It hed he'd only go right after It You will probably accomplish sh more this way than by scolding hi him Am for having lied lied Jill Copyright 1925 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate H II |