The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-21
cENSURE AND PRAISE.
A. Kindereartser Tells When snd How
They Should be Used.

A Kindersartser Tells When snd How
They Should be Used.
"When to Censure and Wren to
Praise" was the subject of the Iec-
ture given by Miss Harrison, of the
Chicago kindergarten college at the
high school lately. says the st. Paul
Pioneer Press. Thelecture was pre+
coded by the answering Of several
written questions which had beer,
handed in to Miss Harrison The
first, ''What Is the Value. Of the
Study of Infant Pschycology?n Miss
Harrison replied to this that she
did not perceive any distinction be-
tween infant psychology, and. gen.
eral psychology, excepting: that
the former was a stage of the
latter The value of such study is;
IN enabling the person in. charge Of
child to- avoid overcrowding and;
overstlmulating its mind. Another
query was as to the value of fairy
tales in education OF children. Miss
Harrison believes that there are
fairy tales and fairy tales, but that
the value of the best of these is,
great in developing the imagination.
and counteracting the natural ten
denotes of the age. The remaining
questions were similar to these.
proceeding to the subject of the
morning Miss Harrison said that
praise and censure embody much of
the clouds and sunshine of life: and
that injustice is one of the cruelest
OF mistakes. The first thing to in
quire is, why do we praise or oon-
demn?' Is it not because the child
does or does not live up to our own
ideals?" Then it should be- asked
chow can we lea1 others to, accept
our ideals?'' How is the command
"Ia>ts& SHALT" to be transformed
into Il must?" Here begins the
development into the dependent or
the independent man or woman.
The first thing to do is to- be the
thing you would have your child be.
The child Is quick to see it, when
the parent or teacher falls short.
Conscience has been defined as the
power of ''seeing what you are in
the light of what you ought to be- "
Praise and censure are the two
great instruments by which, con-
science is to be stimulated.
10 what instinct should praise and
censure appeal? The love of recog-
milton and appreciation is Unborn in
every icing. The natural effort is
to try to please and live in harmony
with those about US. Rightly de-
veloped this instinct becomes that
proper regard for public opinion by
which all but the lowest or tho
highest natures are affected. There
are wrong ways of praising, such as
appealing to vanity and laughing at
clever naughtiness. Praise which
emphasizes the external and tempo
rary alone is always wrong. Praise
which is partly insincere, such as
mothers sometimes give their chill
dren before guests, is always wrong.
The right kind of praise is given
quietly, but seriously, for any actual
conquest that the mother knows the
child to have achieved. One mother,
knowing that her little daughter had
won victory over pad temper,
pinned little note to the child's pill
low at night, telling of the happi-
ness it had given her. Another.
whose son had taken the first steps
towards mastering a grave fault,
gave him picture of Michael An
gelos "David'' to hang in his bed
room; telling him it was mile stone
in his life. It is best to particular
ize in the requirement that is to be
made of child. DO not say ''Be
good boy this morning." but mention
some special thing to be remem bered,
and follow it up Inquire whether
Or not that demand has been met,
and praise or censure accordingly