Show The he Apartment By P. P SHIRLEY RODMAN WILLIAMS WILLIAMS- I i Special Ir OUR children hildren are among our most precious possessions but that is no reason why we should wrap them then in he the cotton of constant protection n and try to keep them uncontaminated by contact with other children Its It's fighting a losing battle you may apparently succeed in isolating your child but bu butone one ne of two things 1 is bound to happen Instead of learning to adjust himself normally to a group and others he will develop abnor abnormally and suffer all his life from failure to adjust or he will so con continuously resent your dominance Sf so that he will break away in resentment at every possible opportunity resorting to deceit if necessary in order that he may gratify gratHy his inherent in- in in inherent inherent herent i instinct for companionship of his kind No one denies that it itis itis itis is hard to pick the childs child's playmates when one lives in a city com The best solution I know is to so teach and train them that w when en they are outside the home they are capable of self government government govern govern- ment mente an and l then let them go forth to begin their adjustment to the group f I y THERES THERE'S a wee little gi girl 1 With her hair all curl a-curl r. r i e Who o sits at a window across the court i x She has dollies and boo books s a 1 v A J And nd someway she looks I r NAs Ai Although though she would be just a dandy sport sport I r f sa She goes out to play t With v With a nurse every day B t the nurse wont won't let any any of us come near And it seems such a shame 1 She cant can't join in our gamer game game But she's somebody awfully special I fear i riV L I She's a princess maybe Yf X x lOIa Ora fairy lass wee 1 Or p perhaps they think she might get get gen time f But s she's s 's lonely I know know- Being special and so soI j I wave wave to i to her window across from mine J hk 1 It- It M. M |