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Show WARNING TO ALL PARENTS The Tendency of Some Mothers and Fathers to "Show-Off" Their Chll dren Usually Ruins Them. When parents are the proud poe seBsore of a very bright and clever child there Is always the risk that they may make of their offspring a self-conscious and priggish little person. per-son. It Is natural enough that Tommy or Katie, as the case may be, should be Inclined to "ahow off" when their attainments are made the aubject of conversation. It Is extremely bnd Mr children, converting them Into self-conscious self-conscious little men and women Instead In-stead of Just natural "rough and tumble" tum-ble" boys and girls with a healthy liking for marbles or dolls, says Woman's Wom-an's Life. Msny a child has been utterly ut-terly ruined In disposition by a parent's par-ent's openly shown pride, and the tendency ten-dency to bring children forwsrd unduly, un-duly, and to make them the center of attraction before visitors Is all too sadly on the Increase. It Is. of course, very hnrd for the mother and father of a bright chl'i' to realize thst the small genius Is bound to be less Interesting to other woile than to themselves, that friends do not vlnlt them for the solo pleasure of hearing Katie recite or Tommy sing the latest popular song In his shrill treble. It may be amusing for a while, but "show off children ar apt, later on, to show scsnt liking for the more solid attainments, with the result that their slower, duller I mthers and sisters leave the'n behind be-hind cn the ladder of fame. Cultivate a child's talents L) aJl means, but do i-t psrade U.en In public before him. H may mean tbe ruin of a possibly . oe career. |