Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-07
Tuesday, June: z, 1921.
Do. You Pamper Your Child?

Do. You Ranper Your Child!
Mother love is "a wonderful thing
when. properly directed. But unless
it is expressed with a bit OF intelli-
genoe; it is often the root OF much un-
. happiness for> the little one. go,
Two little girls are playmates. Anne
can think Of the most wonderful
things to do, the jolliest games to play
and even the most familiar subject
over which her bright thoughts flash
take ON new interest. With May 1t is
different. She: is quite, as bright, but
mentally as well as physically lazy.
She will play idly ina half-hearted sort
of manner until someone else suggests
something different. Then launched
upon q new idea She quickly. tires of
this and breaks up the fun very often
with that Whitney II don't want TO
play." wall that we hear so often in
passing fchildren at their games. Az
for toys, none amuse her, long at n
time because she does not exert her-.
self enough. to..thinlt up ways OF ex-'
tracing all the possibilities that there
are. Anne is. beloved by the Riddles
but May is unpopular and with good
reason: If. She cannot have her own
wayLand no one. 2scaa entirely. in
childdom-shs& &sllks:sand pouts and
fusses until suddenly she finds, herself
left severely alone|:@ <; i I: I:1': -:
.such a difference .in:,;disposition In
those two children, ,',ssolas mutual ac-.
quaintance exclaimed after watching
them at play onesafsrn6on. And yet If
the,truth be told It ts!hot half so much
the disposition as sfhe&;training that
was responsible foratha contrast,
Mays mother is 5an empty headed
little woman who idolizes her children
and completely spoilss them. She
waits on them hand and foot, and ap-
pears to believe that she is really be-
Ing the perfect mother when she gives
them their own waytin even the most
unreasonable Childish demands Her
excuse Is, in her own words:-
.'I have made up my, mind that my
children shall be happy at all COSTS
no matter what myself must give up.
And I think I: shall be we'll repaid for
remembering what have done for
them. They. when they are grown
will be grateful and do the same for
me-" -,
Poor foolish woman. The. spoiled
baby never develops into anything but
the spoiled grown-up. Her little girl
is quite. old enough to help. her with
the dishes. Does mother ever ask her
aid? Not bit Of it. She doesn't WISH
TO ;haye her darling have hands other
wise than lily-white so she says with
a fnartyr-like. air:- x...s.
II had to work when ] was young.
I.'want my daughter to have a gooo
time, while she can. She shall not go
into the kitchen while Lam able"
Splendid preparation for the little
lass who may sometime have Kit
chen of her own who, when she fnds
herself unable to cope with the sim
DleSC pTODIeIIlS VI VIC HotsS"'AS' ''-'
far from being grateful o.the mother
rail at her for bringing her up to be
so helpless and incapable.
Just as she waits upon May does the
mother wait upon Buddy, her small
boy. His naughty little. hands have Il
habit of pushing away any food that
he does not take a fancy to, often
spilling soup or cereal upon the table
cloth, and yet although he does it on
purpose, never is he reproved. He Is
only i baby" says mother. lie
wouldn't understand"
SO her little ones are growing up
unwilling to help themselves, almost
unable to. With every whim gratllled
they are becoming unpleasant little
people who one OF these fine days VIII
I've disagreeable grown-ups.
Anne Is; learning to do for herself
and does not expect more from others
than she can give, no more than she
has 4 right to. She is rapidly be-
coming 4 happy. resourcefpl little wo-
man, one of those sunny folk whose
smile wins a smile everywhere she
goes.