Evening star., 1933-08-06

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Comicol incongruities often creep into
cEnLdren's dreams, as in the case of the
girl Uho dreamed Il Walked on my
nose"
Bad dreams far outnumber good dreams In
the descriptions given by the children. and the
bad dreams like the children's fears, are re-
lated more to fancied dangers and imaginary
experiences than to any actual experiences.
When asked whether they have more un-
pleasant dreams than pleasant ones, the chill
dren say that the pleasant ones predominate
But still a great number of them insist that
they do not want to dream any more.
It would seem that bad dream is often SO
horrifying that many children would gladly for
felt any number of good dreams If they could
be free from the whole business Of dreaming
Poor children seemed to have more dreams
than did the children in better circumstances.
This was due it appeared, to the facts that
the poor children attend exciting moving pic
lures more often and sleep in more disturbed,
crowded and noisy surroundings.
Poor children likewise are apt to be more
beset with fears, perhaps also attributable to
the movies and to sensational yarns and delib-
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Youngsters pressed by hunger that they
give as their one wish "a bowl of soup" also
told of fears that we're plainly based on movies
they had seen. Weather children are not al
lowed to attend the movies so often as chill
dren from poorer families.
Children seem to carry around with them
great many more fears than they have need for
to protect them from the dangers of everyday
life. But the fact that children have fears does
not always mean that they are distressed by
them.
On the other hand, many youngsters get
real delight from their "terrors." Boys and
girls who have been Mortified by melodra-
matte tale or picture would no doubt take the
first chance offered to repeat the experience.
Haven't you seen adults Shrek with terror in
the swift descent Of a roller coaster, but will
inely hand over another dime for the thrill Of
q second trip?
CVEN little children in nursery school will
L make up games in which they take turns
soaring each other by playing "bogey man" or
lions" and tigers" Each will shrek with
terror when he is scared, but will keep right On
with the game.
The poorer children differ from those better
of financially in wishes also Those from the
poorer neighborhood wish for specific objects,
while the wishes Of the wealthier ones are more
comprehensive.
This seems to be due partly to q difference
in intelligence and vocabulary partly to the
fact that the one group is more up against the
concrete realities of life.
Many Of the children If given q million dol
lars would spend some and save the rest. An
other large group would dispose Of it by getting
good things for their family-as one child said,
Dump it in mothers lap
One child might have heard Of the investt-
cations Of the millionaire bankers, for he an
swersd. "Td give it to cop cause I'd get ar
rested"
Did you ever ask a child what he disIked
most in all the world?
One out Of every five will reply with the
name Of some food or taste, such Is spinach"
or castor OIL" or liver"
If he Is q very bright child he Is more likely
to indicate that he dislikes inactivity or having
his own activities interrupted. He doesn't want
to be bothered, and doesn't want to 60 to bed
early.
Most of the others will mention individuals
or groups of individuals. One child disliked
twins, they call you names and they are
dumb" Cousins are mentioned and the per
son who keeps on telling you the same thing
all the time" And fresh people, bullies, snobs,
stubborn teachers and children who say shut
I'm"