The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-27
Mistake to Hum0r
a "SensitiOe'' Child
The Latv Must Accompany LoUe Yielding too Much to
Temperament VIII Soon Be Matter for Regret
10 Both the Parents and she Offspring.

BY MARGARET Il. sANGsTER
The fashion Of large families has
gone cpt Here aud there OF course
one meets a good.sized family Of roll
licking boys ana girls. and sees row
Of bright heads around the family
board. Once upon time six. eight
and ten children formed the ordinary
family group aud nobody wasted a
sentiment Of pity on fathers and moth
ers because Of the number Of the lit.
tie ones OF the multiplying needs Of
the young people
Gradual5s, at least in the older por-
tions Of the country, this condition Of
things has materially changed and the
American household Is considered
complete with an average sum total
OF three children. One child satisfies
some parents and others thank Provt
dence from fun hearts II they have
two a son and a daughter being re.
garded as satisfactory in the highest
degree.
The problem of the sensitive child
much oftener assails the parent whose
family is small than her neighbor who
has a round half-dozen to supervise.
In the latter instance there IS very
little time to study the moods and
caprices Of a small person who is easi-
" wounded or inclined to Nope in a
corner when he Or she cannot rule
with a strong hand
Maria is so sensitive said a fond
mother, alluding to a particularly dis.
agreeable and ill-behaved infant whose
birthdays touched the bordsrland Of
seven "ehe Is so nervous and 50
easily wounded that we all guard hcI
from every rough wind We never
contradict her. We try not to shock
or vex her by opposition The little
/ faults she now has we are sure viii
4 be overcome by her good sense when
She is older In the meantime we try
I to be patient Love is the only at.
mosphcre for a sensitive child"
1t is the hour Of child-cuture and
Of the mothers club. and of much con.
] sideration and much wisdom in ouI
/ dealings with children Nevertheless
an old-fashioned woman who grew M
when children had a happy place OF
their own, in the background of the
home. when they romped and played
and studied without too much vigi
lance on the part of their elders
when naughtiness was rebuked by the
i tingle of a switch. and goodness wa.
rewarded by an extra treat or Z
cookie, has her private wonder abou
the present clamor over willfulness.
Are children really better off for re
ceiving an early impression that theii
moods and lenses are to be taken seri
ously? May it not easily be that un
due sensitiyeness would be cured b,
less candy and an earlier bedtime
As things are, the sensitive child to,
often tyrannizes over the others VIII,
have no such trait in their natures
and who therefore are not treated Will
any special favor
Teachers unanimously condemn par
ents who make too much OF this par
ticular feature in their children
Lucy and Eva would do perfectl
well in school observed a teacher. "i
only their mother could be persuader
to let them alone. She watches ever
infection Of their tones every bTeatl
they draw. and every step they take
Three mornings out OF five she az
pears in the schoolroom to ask som
concession to Lucy's nerves, or Eva
feelings. and although she is a yer
| charming women l dread her as / d
the east w'"d."
In case y thout number chill
who has t0rl the label sensitive
loses it coms MY when transplante
to the atmosphers of boardin
, school or sent on a visit to grandpa