The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-31

NOT ACCORDING TO PROVERBS.
Modern Method of substItutiD;
Other Punishment for the Rod.


What is the best method of punish
ing a emilia? is the question often put 10
q kindergarten by ANXIOUS mothers, says
the Philadelphia Press.
Ihey go on TO say that despite all
their admonitions and threats CONNIE
8 VII, continue TO pull the cat tail unIIl
the animal is reinoN ed from ms reacn.
Fhyslcal pain they have not the heart
70 lhnlct ON their earning, ana this fact
ne seems TO know ana takes advantage
or Inc result Is tnaL JOHNNIE soon oc-
Nelops into small-slzed despot, a nui-
Sance to himself ana to those around
HIM.
OF course. this is all wrong and the
mother knows 1t to be so herself bat
she is practically powelless To prevent
me result OF her ignorance. and 50 both
she and her child must suffer the conse-
quences, which are someClmes awful IN
deed.
The kindergarten, no less than the
mother, hnds the question OF rewards
and punishments an exceedingly difficult
one. Only the former is aioed by her
knowledge of child nature of which the
ant. IN addition to that one should
have tactful ana discerning nature for
less clay, but an immortal human soul.
In the first place the kinoergartener
knows that eacn child has an inuvldual-
ty. all his owns and that in conse-
QLence he requires individual treat
ment. For example, two children may
do exactly the same thing, but one may
have good and the other a bad mo-
tive. hence one is cuIpable and the
other not. y child-Student knowing both
incentives would be able to act accord
il gly. Only practice can enable the
mother or kindergartener TO make tAe
proper decision.
AS to the punishment itself, too, must
depend upon the individuality of the
child, for what would prove a serious
afiiiction to one child might be just the
opposite to another. Try to lind out
the dispositions of your children, Wheth-
er they are affectionate, inclined to be
self-opinionated, or proud, and then you
VIII know how best to impose punish
meht. But as far as possible let the
child suffer the consequences of his act
If he has torn up his picture book do
not scold him and then buy another
but allow him to do without for awhile,
and show him the reason Rest assured
that he will take better care of the next
one.
So many others make a practice of
threatening their children and then fail
ing to carry out their word. Naturally
the little ones come to regard a threat
as meaningless thing, and so it is. 1t
is far better not to give any warning
of the impending blow, but if a child
does thing that he has been told once
before not to administer the punish
nleIlt at once.
Whipping is still thought by some
parents most effectual means of cor
recting evil tendencies The kindergar-
ten has long pointed out the fact taat
its only result Is stubborn determine
ton to get even in some way, and
greatly lessened- regard for the hand
that yields the slipper. To say the
least it is an inhuman method of treat
ing human being. and at once places
ones victim on the level of a dog or
cat ,
Children are so easily ruled by their
affection that it would seem that. if
for no other reason than this, every
mother should seek to gain it, Simply
showing a child that he has caused you
much sorrow by his act will often be