People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-08
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'.Baby want to go eut?' saystiientIs-
thinking mother as she ppts, on the OUT
4 nof-door wraps of her child, Baby want
a nice drink Of milk?n as she holds the
cup to his lips. BABY Want this OF that,
she continually asks as she ministers to
his needs. -snK 's9ibgJ ,1B9W1a
II is done, OF courses without thought,
but it indicates q blindnsss to sopss,
que noes that is truly maFyel0uS,- What
4 she is really doing IS epltivating his
!, will sowing the Wild 70 reap al%hih.
wind indeed. A baby naturally accepts
Iiwh4t is given to himTandpgoes who're
4 he is carried withoutTthought ofbprS
|, test But after a little training Of rthk,
sort this constant suggestion that he
may have an opinion produces one in
I his mind. Sooner than '6nel would
! ina Eine he begins to think whether he
wants to so or COME. and from that sG
exptess wishes beforeI he can sneak by
Fshrib ks and slaps and various other
ways familiar to the nursery. DO NOT
/ say he is too young. we See 'suchichiI'
dre1 every day, screaming when put
into or taken out Of their carriage and
annoying whole neighborhood by out
cries because they, want to..be carried
inst cad Of riding, ortogo this way in
steah of tsat. WeShate&sih seeasthese
little monsters Of tspdeTSears, plterk
beyond control and q terror to all who
kuoE them. We afs-them=with reg
som spoiled children"
Beside the ,irreparable harm 70 p
ehiid's temper, and, IN soRseqfenOe,tc
his whole paaSactdr. Eaused)by this
premature win development, kheresis
his physical health to- be considered.
We all know that mothers fit Of
anger will make hep baby i'll; how
much Yersepnst beotb6 effect on his
delicate 4ks1isatbb bf ! fit Of angf
in the babyI kiiksIf! EMEeover, tenn,
pefs qsEwfls IS phst bI$things grdN
byn Indulgence, and what is merely
pitifhl in the child becomes dangerou.
in IL e mantle fraitful cause of disas.
teri md crime.
J idTl e mother who has let her child get
beyond her control almost inevitably
,resofts to management" to render
life itolerable in the house with him.
Main Aging is done by promises or by
t tn, iii ySpp ie stQssgsEret,
nice is perhaps the most common
promise. The child believes for natural
faith in a mothers truthfulness is hard
It9!sr Indicate; he (is/gYOdTpFhapsi and
she leaves him. VIZ I III ~ J
NoF, the mother is exceedingly apt
to forget her promise, given, withoufr
much thought, just as She might give 81
sugar plum to keep him quiet mo-
riehtl and here creeps in another dan.
ger He claims his reward the mOmeut,.
he sees her. She ought, of course, at
whatever sacrifice, secure something to
keep her word; at the VeFSs lepSt che
shoulh explain seriously that <sHe for
got but is sorry. He will be disap-
pointed, but he will credit her with fore.
getfulness only.
But what does the mother do in most
easesP She looks upon 1t carelessly as
"a matter of no Importance, and says:
80 well, never mind! I'll bring yon
two. next time" To a child. next
time is the same as never, and there
follows the. dreadful sight Of child in
fearful temper, carried off screaming,
possibly whipped, protestiag-toof, oM
ragged little soul-"You promised! You
promised you said ypuwpgfdm -[TC
ThreaS are@iff l p8sSible-wurse;-
when as is usual, they are not scru.
'pui6us sly carried out Even il, they are
mild, as threat to deprive him of
something if he does so and so. they
are bad enough, but what shall be said
lefthd mother VINO deliberately threat.
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