Show children not naturally destructive be gentle with tho child who smashes his toys the fault Is not his but yours who provided him with tos too complicated for his immature little mind to understand maria montessoro Montes sorl in her lecture at carnegie hall said little children were not naturally destructive as most parents had reason to suppose but that the instinct to pull the object to pieces was the only natural thing for a child to do with something it did not understand most toys given to children are too complicated doctor montessoro Montes sorl asserted instead of expecting children to amuse themselves with toys they do not understand mothers should assume more responsibility tor their children s entertainment she conten aed the mother who drives her child away from her side when she la working makes a pitiful mistake it is impossible to estimate the effect upon the child a mind it he never turned away it he could always be sure of sympathy and understand ing from the person he loves most of all |