The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
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have been asked so many times re-
Gently to write an article on children that
l have resolved today to put the result
of my observation and inquiries into brief
space which will be scarcely more than
hints, but with considerable good sense
phia Times.
My tirst point is fresh air. Children
cannot have too much Of it-but proper
attention must be given to the wearing
apparel in very cold or unpleasant wealth
err. Then, again, never let child go out
feeling cold, but on the contrary let him
warmth which will pro badly remain with
him while he is out. A well-flled stom-
ach will help the warming process; in
fact, it is one of the first things to lie
considered.
y great amount Of thong BIT has been
expended by scientists in the discovery
the result Of the latest bulletin: It is
dren under 10 years of age, because the
digestive orsnhs are not equal to. it. a
meat diet will cause a child to become
irritable, snappish and quarrelsome. The
tards, simple buildings, farinaceous food,
fruit. vegetables and lightly boiled eggs
AS they grow older the diet may be in
creased to contain soups and broths,
stews, d bit Of meat occasionally, bit al
ways finely shredded, and plenty of vege-
tables After the, tenth birthday has
been reached a chld's diet need not
worry his mother--he can cat like the
rest Of the family.
There is one caution which ought con-
tinually to be dinned into mothers ears
don't let the brain be overworked.
Some of you will smile at that, know,
but any physician will tell you that nerve
IS wifi oh Il
than with the elders. And it is all caused
by overworked brains. Children under I
should be particularly guarded, undue
brightness of intellect should be kept
down and ordinary intelligence left to it.
self.
During the first seven years of life the
brain develops rapidly, dangerously so,
and many parents do not know the dam
ger to which it is subjected in the daily
school life. l believe that the expert
ment of one mother who kept her boy at
play until he was Z, and then began his
education. has proved all and more than
she hoped, for he started in for school
work with a healthy body and mind, and
has never fallen behind boys of his own
age in class work. 1t was this great dan
ger to young brains which give impetus
to kindergarten work which is practical
kind Of play.
"How long should a child sleep?
dSkeu NlOtuef VI Nurse WHO was
right up to the latest scientific mark,
and she could not get rule that APP
piled to all children. This nurse hedged
a bit by declaring that the healthy child
who went to bed with the birds would
want to get up with them, because his
body, brain and nerves had all been thor
oughly rested. In truth she did not be-
lieve in awakening a child, even if he
slept later, for nature would care for
him. Refusing to get up after he had
Weakened was another matter which came
under the head of laziness and ought to
be discouraged.
OF crying she said some sensible things,
among which was this: A good cry that
does not come from bodily pain, but is
merely caused by disappointment or tenn
per, and woman of sense could dis
tinguish the kind, would not hurt a
healthy child, even though it worried the
mother. Crying from pain or fright was
another thing, which should be attended
to.
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