The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-21
YOUR BOYS and GIRLS.

Your baby should spend most of it's
| indoor life in a nursery free from damp.
exposed to sunshine and with free
:, ventilation. There must be freedom
from dust gathering carpets and fur
niture and filth harboring cracks in
the floor There must be absolute
cleanliness in every condition sur
rounding the child's life.
| It's bed must be far enough away
at night from that of the adults to
avoid breathing their breath. avoid
/ ance of currents Of air to avoid rheu-
| matiSm, painted toys on account OF
| possible poisoning. the avoidance OF
wooden or feather toys.
| GU should weigh the infant care
| fully each week, on correct standing
| scale. to determine if it's gain is what
| it should be, if properly fed. Unless
! there is some definite contra indica-
ton a child should be bathed every
| morning in water adapted to it's vital
| ity, never so cold as to cause blueness.
| or cold extremities. or SO hot as to
prove injurious.
Who Of us do not remember the
| childish fear that often came when our
mothers closed the door or turned off
| the light with her goodnight kiss? The
| fear Of the dark room is something al
| most sure to be found in every child.
| There may be strange animals in the
| dark, or burglars or supernatural be-
| lngS. Or there may merely be q haunt
| ing terror Of something unknown. Such
fears must never be laughed at. The
pest plan is to make home seem very
safe place, where father and mother
are always near. Later on will come
the time when the child may be taught
physical and mental bravery
Perhaps this way Of helping timid
children to sleep in a strange bed may
help. Make a rag baby of unbleached
muslin, fully large as a real baby, stuff
1t with cotton batting, make eyes, nose
and mouth with ink. Make a night
gown for it. It's unbreakable, and soft
If they happen to fall upon it; and lots
Of comfort Such a rag baby can be
used five years. 1t will help in teach
ing children to sleep alone in the room;
| in time the baby is forgotten alto
xether.
constantly tempted TO contradict our
selves. At one time we appeal to their
bravery, we solicit courage cor doing
this or that, for enduring pain or dis
comfort. Shortly we have occasion to
call upon fear of injury, or Of disap
prevail Ia the one case we eXalt cour-
age and laud it as the highest of vir-
tues and remind the child OF all the
| heroes we have not yet forgotten. But
in few hours we exalt prudence and
| remind him OF the miserable fate OF the
foolhardy who did not look twice before
they leap.
1t is not necessary, however, to sup
| pose that courage and caution exclude
| each other Fear as help in train
| ing is double edged wea pom. We have
| learned that obedience based on fear
will turn into defiance at the critical
| point Parents who rule through a
| sympathetic understanding and firm
| hold of the childs needs are far mora
| successful than those who arouse fear.
| Fear in children arises from the ne
| cess!ty of dealing with the unknown.
| Children are afraid of the dark because
| there is no telling of what may and
| what may not be there. child may
| be made familiar with the dark, as
| when someone in whom he has conf
! dence stays with him and keeps his
attention, until he is quite at east
among the shadows. The familiar
| never causes fear.
Caution, on the other hand arises
| from judgments based on knowledge.
| 1t is a known danger that leads to pru-
! dence and care. 1t steadies the mus
| Giles instead Of making one tremble,
| because it is so largely a matter Of
| thought and understanding rather than
| matter of feeling, as is the case with
| fear. The more a child knows about
| things in his little world the more like
| ly he is to be fearless.