Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-05
NEW FORM OF GOVERNING
CHILDREN HAS BEEN AID
VANcED IN CITIES.
CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT TO
SHUN EVIL BY MENTAL
SUGGESTION.
SINGLE IN DANGER OF FAL.
LING INTO INNocuoUs
DESuETuDE.

What, ., what would our great granu-
mothers, or even our grandmoJhers,
say 10 the new theory OF spanking
youl baby By mental suggestion? Ial
al probability the dear old ladies
would hold up their hands in horror,
say It was oosh, and that to spare the
rod would certainly spoil even the
best children.
Nevertheless, this new form OF gov
erning children recently has been ad-
yeneed in New York and other large
cities by able physicians, who nave
made hypo'iSr' and auto suggestion
life SIP Madison youngsters
wait anXIous.y for the on coTing OF
the Innovation.
That every mother OF intelligence
should be capable of controlling her
child through IL mental rather than .
corporal channel IS the theory success
fully advanced ~ DR., Eugene *.
Ehscu, who for the last fifteen years
has been practicins among children
| Of all nauonalitles and classes unul
she has proved the theory practical.
! Or. Eliscu not only treats children by
mental suggestion or hypnotism but
has given instruction in the work -
mothers who say truthfully that they
have never found it necessary 10
spank or severely correct the little
ones.
Wiekedness in Deformed Mind.
'Hypnotism, said DR., Eliscu, us
greatly misunderstood science. The
psychic force that gives one mind con
troll of another has been greatly
abused, not on a subject not yet com
mon enough to be comprehended by
the masses.
"Wickedness in children is but
deformed little mind. which, If taken
in the right way and soon enough,
can be Strengthened out The mimi
of child must be studied as hat 81
a grown person. TO administer 4
spanking OF severe or even moderate
character to a child every time he is
disobedient viii surely and certainly
develop to an abnormal degree, the
animal instinct OF retaliation. The
child will have that portion Of the
mind which plans revenge in minid-
ture so thoroughly developed by the
time the age of Is or lG is reached il
Will be termed bad, vicious and in
corr 'gible.
Ways to Correct Children.
/ %
reetiug child, mentally as well as
physically. For instance. never un-
der any circumstances say to a child
You are certainly bad girl, Wha,
effect would be produced in you il a
person for whom you had a great al
lection should speak harshly, irrta-
bly,, expressing that same opinion o.
some action Of yours? 1t would not
be pleasant and undoubtedly instead
of having a soothing effect it would
rouse you 10 worse things and you
would have the name you might just
as well ave the game.
That's what n2Ppens 10 a child
more frequently than it does to a
grown person for the child unable TO
reason deegiy, easily receives the i'm
precision of badness and proceeds to
greater mischief When you desire
TO correct a child through suggestion
take the little one into a room where
you will not be interrupted Sit down
opposite the child and take its hands in
yours, and remember that you are to
throw out good, not evil thoughts.
Never Argue With Child.
Never for a moment argue that the
little Girl is bad because she does this
or that and only bad girls behave so.
This is a wrong and cross-eyed
method of accomplishing good; never
tell the child she is bad, but create
the impression that good children Do
so and so.
"If you do this you Will create a
itheerful, SHINY sort OF mind If you
work in the other way as sure DIS you
are born the child willtak the wrong
side OF the question and conclude that
she is bad and might as we'll be
worse.
when a child tells falsehood rea-
son with him. Explain the virtue OF
truth, not the ugllness Of lie; he can
no. help but see tina for himself; it
gives his mind exercise. Then work
throug suggestion when ne 3
asleep work with him. five minutes.
or If YOU are just taking up the work
say half an hour before you wake
him; when he wakes place him oppo-
site you and work with him for fifteen
minutes longer. You Will sec that you
get results"
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