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Show O N REARING CHILDREN from CRIB TO COLLEGE Compilixl bv the Editors of THE PARENTS' MAGAZINE It is good for the child that some one loves him specially; this makes him feel safe and therefore udveutur-ous. udveutur-ous. Unloved children are timid and apt to be thin; they tend to be filled with a kind of anger against the world, making them prone to Irrational rages and rebellions; they may take to kle ptomania, or seek to secure notice by sleep-walking. Stockings are as important as shoes In connection with foot health. They should measure at least half an Inch longer than the foot measures from heel to toe. They should always permit per-mit perfect foot freedom. Too short stockings are as had as too short shoes. They should be changed daily, certainly every other day, and if worn twice they should be turned and aired nightly. They should not be worn after aft-er too much mending as this is apt to produce callouses. It is best to buy a good quality stocking which will last longer without mending than will cheap hose. It Is also true that stockings worn for a day only before washing will last longer than If worn for several days. Every room In the house should be open to the child and with his own corner, and a little training It will not he necessary to exclude even a young child In order to have quiet. Poor co-ordination is one of the ar complishments of many nervous disturbances dis-turbances as well as physical diseases, and in learning to write many children need help because of this interference between mind and hand. The teacher offers various simple aids, holding a ruler to guide the child in his first efforts to spell words, teaching him simple strokes by the use of dots for an outline which he may follow, gradually grad-ually leading him ou to the more intricate strokes. There is a scientific way to poach eggs, according to the government food specialist. It is to drop the egg into boiling salted water to cover and then to remove the pan from the fire. Cover Cov-er and let stand for about five minutes. min-utes. Then remove egg with a perforated per-forated spoon. In addition to the general physical examination, children, as well as adults who are going abroad, should be inoculated against typhoid. The water supply in most European cities has been immeasurably Improved since the war, but the milk supply Is not above reproach. Many parents discover rather suddenly, sud-denly, during the adolescent period of their children, that guidance is necessary. neces-sary. This should of course have been a continuous process from the beginning. begin-ning. From his earliest infancy the child must have found his parents helping guides, he must have learned that they are really considering his Interests, that they are not demanding of him the arbitrary or the unreasonable, unreason-able, that they are not confusing Issues. |