Show nr to ito peal deal with abs obstinacy t i n a C y an obstinate child needs switching off rather than switching on he needs to be directed rather than sub dued obstinacy Is the miscarriage of energy it Is an unnatural atti tude ot of the mind it Is a setting ot of the breaks by some disorder ot of the machinery A wise engineer ceases all efforts to start his train until the disarrangement can be adjusted it is usually a little thing a slight mis carriage of energy and he bides his time the power must be off before the natural condition can exist so a wise teacher immediately changes plans when he finds that a boy s men tal machinery is out of natural that the breaks are set in his disposition divert his thought readjust his in teresta give him a new aim and he cannot be obstinate if he would obstinacy thrives on attention and Is dissipated by neglect obstinacy Is a species of conceit and revels in the pow power er to disarrange plans it Is never humiliated by conflict even when conquered it prides itself on the effort required tor for the conquest it if an obstinate child receiver no special attention because of it he becomes shamefaced to attempt to match obstinacy with obstinacy Is a public conf eslon that you are as bad as he and all you can hope tor for is to prove that aou ou are worse by holding out longer obstinacy is mental dis order in p or teacher exchange |