The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-11

IL.
The overdevelopment and underde-
velopment of the emotions in chill
dren with whom we come in contact
are due almost entirely to the charac-
ter of the training and surroundings
the theory that children should be
allowed entire freedom of develop
ment in their emotions, especially
during the early period of their life,
hut that it is of the utmost impor-
tance to have this development guided
along systematic and definite lines.
Old Theories Strapped.
He studied three children who had
been carefully reared and who HAD
experienced practically no stimulation
Of thcir emotions. Tr each instance
anlm1s of various suts were brought
to thom and they displayed no fear of
them, hut instWct'Nely reached for
them.
No FEAR Of dark, light or any object
was cvincCd. rot even when a white
rat wa. put near them, though they
were all little girls. According to
this, a girls instructive fear of rats
would be unfounded. Even the ami
mails at the zoo shown them for the
first time at the ages of 165 days and
172 days, brought forth no m than
a temporary emotion.
As for instincts, DR.. Watson declares
that lengthy lists have been collected
without foundations.
THE lovely theories about right
handed children and left handed chill
dren. the traditional story that all chill
dren are left-handed at birth and be-
come right-handed afterward, the sto-
ries of the beautiful swimming move
ments of the infant are wrong. Nor has
a child a natural instinct for cleanli-
ness"
Faults Of Parents.
DR.. Watson relates how "a child will
reach for anything, be it clean or dirty,
as an infants instinct is always posi-
tive. All negative reaction is the result
of training. A child has an instinct for
some kind of locomotion, but not nee
essarily for crawling. He works out a
system of his own by which he can
move around.
Crawling as a pattern instinct does
not exist, though If once acquired by
habit it does retard an infant in walk
ing. A man at birth is supplied with
certain defensive movements which be-
come cultivated by slight effort.
"Manipuative instincts require but
slight stimulation before manipulation
is made a habit suited to the sur
roundings. But by the time all the ORR
ginal manipulative tendencies are cul-
tlNateQ out OF CnllQ DY our modern
system of education in the schools and
colleges, it's no wonder that the poor
children don't know what they are fit
ted for. or what they want when they
are grown"
1t is evident from Prof. Watson's
work that almost all of the emotional
disorders and disturbances of little ones,
their willfulness, fears. trepidations, ir-
liabilities moods, their badness" and
nervousness" are really the faults of
their parents and other grown-ups
around them.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUESTIONS
NJ. S. n. Q-What can / do for dark
circles under my eyes?
A-What seems often a skin invasion
is removed with a little soap, water or
spirits of chloroform. If the dark cir
cles are really in the skin few good.
long nights of sleep and a purgative
may rid you of them.
B. B. o. Q-What can do for fall
ing hair?
A--Massage a little of the following
into the scalp three times a week:
Quinine, | dram.
Pilocarpine, ~ grains.
Salicylic acid, IS grains.
Lanolin, u ounce.