The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-24
Child Guidance
by
Frank Howard Richardson
M. D., F. A. c. P. :,
Black Mountain. N. {, and
Brooklyn. N. Y.
TILE ONLY CHILD


Archibald Baldwin is an exam
rle of the typical "only child" he
insists upon having his own way;
and he gets it, too. He orders his
parents around as though they
were inefficient servants. He is an
unmitigatcd nuisance in as many
different ways as can easily be
conjured up. Yet neople are not
surprised. "What can you expect
Of an only child?" they exclaIm
And vet Douglas Gould is an
"onlv child" too; and a better be-
hayed, manlier little fellow you
would have to search long and 1ar
TO discover. He is considerate'
thoughtful, courteous. He AstonS
to older folks conversation with
out venturing to intrude his opln-
ion: vet if any one asks what ne
thinks. he usually has an answer
worth listening to, little CHAP
though he is. ~ .
What has made the difference?
Don't "only children have to be
spoiled children?
Of course not. 1t is for parents,
whether they have one child or
eight, to decide whether their
Youngsters are to. be unmitigated
nuisances, or acceptable members
Of society. To be sure, it is con-
siderablv harder to be the parent
Of an "onIy child" and supply all
that brothers and sisters should
have supplied, while at the same
time maintaining the place of re-
spcct parents should occupy. But
il can be done. and done very we'll
too. by parents who are alive to
the opportunities as well as to the
dangers present.
And silly parents can be unwise-
! " indulgent, and spoil eight chill
dren almost as easily as they can
one. Spoiled children are terribly
easy to develop. But it is really
worth all the trouble it takes to
develop the other kind.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Dear Dr.. Richard,
son: I am confronted with the
| problem of constitution in my
year-and-a-half-old baby. He does
not like the laxative foods very
much; so I have been giving him
a small dose of laxative medicine
every day, practically ever since
! birth. He won't tell me when he
wants to empty his bowels; and
seem unable to train him.
ANSWER: The danger of es-
tablishing the laxative or cathar-
tic habit is here shown. 1t would
be much better if this mother
would decide upon two, or even
three, definite times a day when
she wants her baby's bowels to
move. And by the way. it is much
easier to establish a twice-or even
a thrice-a-day habit, than a once
daily routine. Then at each of
these times, use a small soap-stick
supposltory, whitfield out of a
piece OF white soap. This will pro-
auce movement at once. Do not
inhduiee IN the prolonged waiting,
that Is prone to cause hcmor-
tnolds. After a few days of this,
one Soap-stick may be gradually
cuL down to twice and then to
ohGe-a-day; and eventually omit
Tea. DO not continue the use of
nitely. 'i'e iiiuell-
QUESTION: How can 7 break
my tWyo-year-old baby from the
bottle? He refuses milk from Wv" q
cup; and I know he needs The !"
What shall l do? eeuS this.
ANSWER: Don't worry about
breaking the baby from only ~ aPou 1
tie. Any time you are reaJ Ghe ( Dol
two years is about old e9on N%ha
try cutting larger hole in en-
nipple. and see what ha IN tne
when you next feed him b his baS
loved bottle! It may necas is oe,
little changing of cIotbine I mboe
the inevitable deluge follows. WIEN h,t
it is very effective. '"S' out
1t isn't hard to mako oroo
man, You lust taka ,:SdI