Show parent parents and children parents talk too much to their children a physician authoritatively authoritative ly asserts particularly those parents parenti who give moat anxious thought to bringing up their children the talk of children Is a natural escape valve talk to children is an undue lus if it parents were what they should bo be their yea awl and nay would be sufficient it is better says the physician to turn a childs mind t to 0 something childish and an superficial when it wishes to do or to know things not suited to its age or capacity than to satisfy argue or ep explain lain children should be encouraged to talk in private about all the things little and great that hll fill their minds but let them do the talking if a child thinks that the stars tars are gimlet holes in the floor of heaven to let the glory through why not nott it la is not necessary for children to have correct views of the cosmogony of the universe let them work out their little problems in their own way A mother with a child of unusual precocity set out with the determination to be always perfectly frank and reasonable with the little one now a child can ask more questions question in a minute than ethan a philosopher can answer in a lifetime this child is of delicate health and by order of the physicians no books are allowed her but her dally daily conversation with this devoted mother is more stimulating than any childs book it is always the best the most painstaking mothers who err in this way the theory of compensation is a broad one new york evening sun |