| Show on rearing children from rom CRIB to COLLEGE V V V collad by br the dr editors editor of CHILDREN the n macula of n PARENTS A child of eighteen months or less can loarn learn to let certain things alone and should do so but there should be many things within reach that he be does docs not need deed to let alone happy well directed activity Is 11 the secret of good behavior both in the school and in the home beibe remember that your adolescent requires self responsibility wi ai well as fellowship some parents force themselves on their children find and defend a mischievous distrustful intrusion by calling it fellowship tile tho modern youngster Is guarded front from every hearing of such things as g hosts ghosts or bogeymen bogey men darkness holds no terrors for clr him from the day of lita lils birth lie ho has fins been put to sleep bleed quietly and alone in the comfortable soothing dark no one has ever hinted to him that lie he might feet feel otherwise than at home in the dark dar k or suggested that it holds mysterious terrors kud low iri beloli be holi holt lie grows up without ever once displaying this instinctive and hereditary fearl front from their early years encourage your children to talk freely about the things that happen to them hern this will help you understand them and will save sae them front from unnecessary suffering ering due to hesitancy in bringing you their problems in assigning work at home to the children each individuals temperament and natural inclinations should be taken into account ut there are sedentary jobs and active jobs jobs that require concentration and jobs that require speed an older child with sensitive nerves nereca should be exempt from the trying care and discipline of smaller nud noisier children cooking comes under tinder creative work tile the oldest son may discover that cooking Is just like chemistry only you cut cat it toast making requires concentration and should be assigned to a stable member of the family occasionally a mother Is so unwise as to tell a child that the teacher will get even with him tor all hla his sins you think you laan can behave tills way when you get to school 11 st she 6 says the teacher wont stand for it she may even go further and descry describe the dire bilings the he teacher be apt to do such a mother Is usually amazed if you point out to tier her that tier her childs unsuccessful start in school his reluctance to go and tile tho culty lie caused after lie lia got there was tin till direct outcome of tier her own way of presenting school to hini him site she probably did not expect to be taken seriously but the child who Is enter ing ji it unknown realm has fins no way of discounting what la Is him about it it Is just its as Po possible seble to present school to n child ts s a place where lea lenrol ng vill hill he a joy jov and lite life will be full ot of I 1 terest and enthusiasm abc ehfe e the will be a now anti and helpful adult friend and the children delightful playmates tho the child alo entera enter school in tills this spirit tits has at least a fair 1 nv of r wll what it he Is looking for indeed aly he helps to creati erea crea ati t 0 tile school atmosphere lie he ha has s been led to expect CC 1028 by children Magazine tbt the lor for pren parents |
