Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

r TITLE Richards mother was be-
wailing the difficulty OF getting
her son to like carrots, and was
- reciti 3 her troubles to the nurs-
cry laboratory experts of Teach
ers' College. Columbia University.
But why insist upon carrots?" DR.
Ruth Andrus inquired.
They're good for him. and I've been
doing my very Best to make him eat
them" the distressed and dutiful par
| ent explained.
That Every best" she went on to tell,
usually consisted in calling her small
son suddenly and unwillingly away
| from his play compelling him TO wash
| his hands and face immediately--or
| doing the job quickly and thoroughly
for him-and, regardless OF his implor-
ing and protesting howls, Pumping him
quickly onto a chair at the table before
the carrots would have time to get cold,
holding his rebellious little hands in
one efficient big one and feeding him
with the other.
Every time he opens his mouth to
cry put in piece OF carrot. It's the
only way / can get him to eat them.
I simply don't know what 10 do to get
carrots"
The doctor looked at the parent and
| asked
How would you like TO have some
capable giant, some one four times as
big rs you are, come and jerk you away
from your most interesting occupation,
hurry you along and feed you the way
you feed Richard2"
"Oh. but he's only Say,
never thought OF thatl"
Well, suppose you 90 home and
think about It,"
Because there are thousands Of poor
little Richards and their small sisters
all over the State OF New York whose
meal time and play time. getting up in
the morning and going to bed at night
are being made utterly miserable by
bad doses of good intentions. something
had to be done about 1t. For the men
tai conflicts that by these means have
been set up in young systems have been
| found to stunt the progress OF children
at school and to dog their footsteps and
obstruct their happiness and efficiency
all through life.
| So a Statewide crusade has been
| started within the New York Depart
| nent of Education to conquer and sub
| due hostile home environments and in
cidentally to come into possession OF a
! rich fund of knowledge about what
goes on In the mysterious territory of a
young child's mind. The new move
| ment is called the Division of Child
Development and parental Education, I"
Its main object Is the education of
| parents on how TO bring UP their or
spring. Miss Andrus will move on from
| her position as head OF child welfare re-
search at Teahers' College TO assume the
leadership Of this somewhat radical
I campaign.
The work of the newest educational
division will consist largely In opening
windows through which fathers and
mothers will be able to view the mech
anism that Is so constantly and mystic
riousiy and often so annoyingly at work
+, In the minds of their children. Far
+. from anticipating any hindranoe from
| parents In cities or the hinterlands,
Miss Andrus looks forward TO their
friendly cooperation.
II don't know of any other group of
people so receptive to new ideas" she
| said Parents are awfully anxious to
on our toes to keep up with what they
want TO know. To some mothers IL
may sound strange TO be told that II Is
| not so much what child eats as his
| attitude toward his surroundings while
| he Is eating: that his emotional con-
dtion at meal time Ia Of the highest
Importance. But they are eager for
| information There are SO many things
they want to know"
Certain college people have long been
convinced that some OF the things par
ents want to know have too long been
the private possession OF few men
and women who through special train
| ing came TO own storehouse of en-
lightenment about what goes on In the
heads OF boys and girls Even the
teachers will have an easier time after
parents become armed with the meth
DDS and the insight OF the psychologists
when they so forth to face the hellig-
erent infants,
Reasons behind the bowling resist
anee with which aome atom Of human
ity Nights with oil his might for what
he behaves TO be right will now he made
plain TO fathers and mothers 10 whom
II may mol hAys occurred THAI tia pro-