The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-18
cHILDEN,s HABITS.

CHILDEN'S HABITS.
Habits formed In childhood are very
difficult to break. The younger the
child. the more quickly a habit is
There experience having been so
limited, they very quickly become ac-
customed to almost any new diversion
that may come their way. Many lit
tie things that, at the time. seem trl-
vial, Will have a severe effect In ar
ter years
One Of the worst habits that young
child forms Is that of thumb suck
Ing. Many mothers would rather have
the baby quiet and happy and suck
ing it's thumb than dissatisfied with
life In general and raising Cain. But
the .pacifying Of the youngster. by this
method will cause great deal of diff
ficulty.
When child sucks its thumb It
pushes the roof Of the mouth upward
so that II makes a very high arch;
and as the roof of the mouth is the
floor of the nose, the nasal space is
reduced and the septum OF the nose is
pushed over either to the right or to
the ieft-usuelly to the left.
The upper teeth in front, along with
the bone in which they are imbedded,
are pushed forward and upward, and
the lower. front teeth and the. sur
rounding bone are pushed inward and
downward so that the arrangement of
the teeth, that was intended by Ma
ture. is very seriously inferred with.
The constant drawing, tfrom sucking
the thumb, extends to the accessory
cavities and there is almost a certain
ty that adenoids will be developed If
this habit is continued for any con-
siderable period.
shape of the face, the mouth, the
nose. the position Of the teeth, the
ability to masticate and changes the
tone of the voice.
Don't you think It is rather an ex-
pensive method of amusing a child?
Those who have allowed their chill
dren to keep up this undesirable hab-
Ii for a number of years have been
the indirect cause of Inconvenience,
disease and disagreement to the chill
dren.
The time to stop child from suck
ing it's thumb is the first time you
see 1t do the act.
Start right and don't let up until
the habit is broken.
AUNT PATsY's FORUM.
Dear Aunt Pat:
want a home, but we can't seem
to get started. l think I'll just get me
some swell furniture and 1t Will be
out of the way whenever we do get
Yours truly.
My Dear Laura:
You truly have a very perplexing
problem on ndnu. a nome SnOulu DC
the first goal set by all young mar
ried people. but 1t takes nice sum
to begin with well and getting this
initial nest egg" is the hardest task
one usually encounters. So few are
willing to make the necessary sacri-
flee to begin with and 1t seems SO
much easier to surround yourself
with beautiful furture which you can
manage on the easy term PLAN But.
my dear. ! am convinced that those
persons who forego buying fine fur
nit1re, buying only what they actually
need and begin laying aside few. dol
lars for a first payment on home
arrive at their goal the sooner, They
eventually get the home and the
good furniture nor home to show for
their labor. 1t shows thrift and re-
you want to play safety first 1t Is
best not to buy high priced furni-
ture. pianos and cars before. you have
a location for them. The chief point
after all with either plan you may Sc
lect is "sticktuitiveness,"
Lovingly,
AUNT PAT.