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Show Wise Pal Parent ent Will'Get WillGet Will mill Get 'Get 'GetChild's ' GetChild's Child's Childs ' Point of View I By MARY STARCK KERR , , Natlonn Natlonnl National NatlonnlKindergarten NationalKindergarten : Kindergarten Association AS'ioclaUon ASioclaUon ' , , New York YorkThe YorkThe YorKThe The family famUy was getting ready re'1dy re1dy ' for foran foran ( oan an auto ride . , Little George was In Inthe Inthe Ithe the back seat se'lt selt ' of the machine machlnc , where wherehe wherehe wherhe he usually rode . But there was com coin comI company coinpany COBpany pany today , . and one of the tbe guests guestswas guestwas ) was to sit In his accustomed place placeGeorge placeGeorge placeGeorge George objected , and as he could not note notexpress noexpress express e press his objection In ' \ words ords , since sincehe sincehe sinehe he could not yet talk , he began to tosquirm tosquirm tsquirm squirm and fret fret"Never . . "Never Never " mind , " said the visitor wbo who wbowas whowas whwas was to sit In bla bis his place vlace , , as she saw sawthe sawthe sa\the sa the \ the worried look on the face of hi his hismother himother : ! mother , . , who vho was going to lift 11ft him himuser hirover 0\ 0 0er user \ er onto the front scat scnt seat . . George 'George 'Georgewill ' 'Gcorgwill Gcorgwill ' GeorgewlU wlU will be all right ; he will wlll sit on my mylap mylap m lap ; ; he Is just anxious not to be left leftou leftout ou out t . . " "All All II " All right , , you can cnn try It ; perbaps perhaps perbapsoe perhapstie ne oe tie will wm , " , , " said big bls his mother . , The visitor seated herself , . tOOK toots tOOKGeorge tootsGeorge & George on her lap IIIP , and nnel nail peace peaceI peacereigned peacereigned peac peacreigned I reigned . Never was w\s w s ' \ a child chUd more moreeontont morecontent morcontent content eontont than tban little Httie George all durIng durIngilie duringthe durin durinthe the ilie ride . . When the visitors vlsltorij left left , , they were werecommenting werecommenting wer commenting on the good behavior or of orthe ofthe ' ( the little fellow , and one said , "I I "Iluppose "Itnppose " ' suppose luppose tnppose the trouble we have bave with withcblldren withchildren wit children cblldren often otten cornea comes because we wedon't wedon't w don't dont ' understand what they are thinking , . and they are too young to totell totell ttell tell us . " "Yes Yes " , " said the one who had heldGeorge held heldGeorge hellGeorge George . . . "U U .It It "Ii Ii " . we can just take their theirpoint theirpoint thelipoint point of view , our problems will be bemuch bemuch bmuch ( much simplified ; ; and after all , , It isnot Is Isnot linot not hard to see what Is In a child's childs child'smInd child'smind childsmind child'smind ' ' mInd , If we just consider how we wewould wewould w wwould < * would feel If It we \ were ere In his bis place placeIt . , It becomes second nature when we weare weare w ware < are with children much , . to under understnnd understand understand stnnd stand their thougbb thought . * and feelings " * * As her companion agreed to thisstatement this thisstatement thistatement ! 3 statement , she asked . , "Do Do " you ra re- re remember remember . - . member little Charles , and nnd how thenurse the thenurse thinurse nurse accused him of crying because becauseof becauseof becausiof of temper when he was only a few fewweeks fevweeks 7 weeks old ? The real cause C'1use C1use ' was tbat that thatthey tbatthey thathey they had h'1d h1d ' waited w'lIted wlIted ' too long 10Dg to give him himhis himhis binhis his bottle . . "When When " tho the nurse left left . , and hIs hIsmotber hismother hi motber mother had to prepare bIs his bottle bottle , , the baby cried while she was preparing preparingIt preparingI I It ; ; he did not knos know she was W'1S W1S ' at worh work worhI worhgetting workgetting workgetting I getting ready to satisfy his hunger hunger.I hungerI . , I carried him Into the toe hitch kitchen en , where wherehe wherehe wherehe he could see her preparing vreparlng the tbe bottle bottleand , , and at once his cries ceased"Just ceased ceased"Just "Just Just " Imagine how bow you would feel feel.It feelIt . If you were hungry , , and unable to tomo tomose tomove mo\ mo moe mose \ e a step to get food , and the person person per | son In charge ch'1rge ch1rge ' of o you had loft Ipft left you you.apparently youapparently , . , apparently Ignoring IgnorlDg your our need " "I I " suppose suppoee : ' \ we sic e should cry just ns as nshard ashard ashard hard as the baby did dld . , If not harder harder"said hardersaid , " s'1ld s1ld said ' her companion COmp'lnlon COmplnlon ' . "We We " aie roe ate always expecting chil- chil children chil chll children - . dren to understand us , . " said sald the oth- oth other oth otb- otb otber other - - er woman , "but but " we should remember rememberthat rememberthat rememberthat that It Is 1'3 13 ' our place to understand understandthem understandthem understandthem them , and to take tahe their point of at view , I |
