Show PEACE birthright OF CHILD BANISH FEAR FROM MIND rear foar one of 0 mans greatest enemies anil and the he root of much evil boror oror whelming whelmine wh elming the adult q all tn loo bardy a growth in yet readers or of the current issue of the parents magazine are reminded by psychologist rhoda Bac bacmeister melster that if fear had no survival stir vival value t would not have persisted to the degree it has that a little fear Is nn an excellent thins thing to keep humans human out of danger tt it Is caution and foresight the habit of going slowly and thinking when in doubt that father and mother should spare no effort to develop in their offspring fears come and go mrs backels ter admits it Is easier to 1 now ant to do for a L timid child than to un der stand where the fears come from in the first fim t place hut but says it Is important to find out iler her identities identifies several varieties of fears baby erica cries nt at the sight of a floit ing in duck in ills his tub why because once hs he lost his balance in the hatli hath while watching ducky three year old bobby runs from a salamander shame on nobby cried mother forgetting the fuss she makes when anything crawling comes towards her heros heres a fear that comes from contagion sm small all susies aar afraid ald to go to bed in the dark the chances are this Is a direct sug suggestion fear induced perhaps by mother anther who cautions susie a against doing so and so BO lest 11 the boagey man catch her mrs bacmeister Bac melster remarks it Is both cruel and stupid to warp a childs character by making fear the emotion that controls him it Is a repressive and inefficient control at bestin order to help the child get rid of unreasoning fears the psychologist suggests replacing the old association with a new and pleasant one and urges calm reassurance when a child Is frightened never rush nor swoop says she take it easy we learn from the lady who knows that among the more immediate and anc I 1 less s abstract reasons for a childs anxiety attitudes and nervous ten slon the most harmful Is the thrill mongering childrens radio pro program ram in which voices are keyed up and sound effects used to give the I 1 im pre assion ot of intense usually terrifying emotion says mrs bacmeister Bac melster mincing no words this tear fear impression the youngsters get only too well the entirely unsuitable emotional strain bisor their nerves they have bad dreams restless sleep are ara persistently timid rather than panic stricken at any one specific situation par enta who care tor for their childrens children wholesome whole somo emotional development will not permit exploitation of their sen children should he kept as free ns as possible of all forms forma of over stimulation from rom wha whatever whale rei source pence peace Is their birthright |