Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
CHILD WELFARE EDITION

great pleasure in exercising their
new art of speech. and so they often
talk nonsense only for the sake of
guage." So the child may be a thruth
teller, and yet not always teller of
what is actually true. He simply re-
ports the mingled fancies. facts. sup
positions and hearsay that his active
brain has fastened together. He has.
as Signora Lombroso phrases it. cit
tie inhibition of ideas and no reserve
about saying what he thinks.
1t would be a mistake to judge
children's lies wholesale. There are
so many different causes fol lying,
and each cause requires its own spe-
cial treatment.
LIES OF IMAGINATION
There are lies of imagination. No
doubt the dreams of children are
more vivid than those of adults, and
it seems probable that the recollection
of these dreams, carried over into
the day, gets mixed with the actual
occurrences of the day so that the
child often thinks they have actually
occurred Ii may be something has
happened during the day that seems
like his dream, and so he creates
sort of composite recollection which
he tells as fact. With his imperfec.
consciousness, slight power of inter-
preting and inadequate stock of Ian
guage, the child, who lives in sort
of fairyland of mis- own, easily takes
any delusion for fact, and repeats it
in all soberness.
LIES OF FEAR
The spontaneous lies. of which
Tracy speaks, are usually produced
W fears. especially the fear of pun
! 'shment after having done wrong.
Sometimes falsehoods arise from the
fear of causing offenso or the desire
to please. If the child who is excited
cannot tell fact from unreality, much
more does tie child who is confused
by fright find himself unable to tell
the truth. This easily leads into the
lie of self-protection. Such lies seem
to be as natural to children as to
raise their arms to protect themselves
from blows. Children may be born
with the instinct for truth, they GER
tainly are with the instinct of self
preservation. If you do not want an
evasive lie. do not ask a searching
question.
THE BABY'S BED
The baby should have a bed to it
self. 1t is unhealthy Cor the baby to
sleep with its mother. 1t is alco dan
gerous, because the mother may roll
over on the baby and suffocate it. If
the baby is breast-fed and sleeps with
the mother, there is always the temp
tation to feed it at night if it is rest
less.
A comfortable bed for a little baby
may be made in accordance with the
following: The bottom of the box
should be made of wire netting, since
it is thus castor to clean and air 1t
should be furnished with hair pill
low or hair mattress, and rubber
cloth with pad over it.
A large clothes basket makes a
good bed for the baby. l. protects
the baby from drafts, can be easily
moved, and kept clean. 1t alsC should
be furnished with hair mattress, rub
Der cloth. etc. Baby may play safely
in it when old enough to sit and
stand
A bassinat is beautiful if ar expen-
sive bed is desired. 1t may be used up
to the fourth or fifth mcnth
Then. white iron bed ii ideal
THE BABY NEEDS
To be kept warm.
A great deal of sleep.
To learn to sleep longer at night
and less in the daytime.
To be put to sleep at about the