The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04

teacher have first grade pupils then2
 It is well to remember that psy. chologists are generally not physi- sians.
 A blinking or grimacing tic or habit spasm is more noticeable than a throat-clearing, sonrting, shilling or ah-ah-ah-ing tlc unless the sound accompanying the latter ties arouses concern.
 Tics often begin with e purpo- sive action, saw . twltch Of the neck caused mby Q rough collar or c snifling tic remaining as Q habit long after some temporary nasal ir. ritation.
 Sometimes children sem to ace quire tics by initiating some one similarly affected, some one who commands respect or admiration or special interest, xnimicry of normal or natural peculiarities or tricks of expression, for instance, Shrugging the shoulders.
 Individual with tic is not con. scious of the movement. By an ef. fort of will he or she can prevent the action for c few moments of Q minute perhaps, but as the effort tires and attention relaxes, SO to speak, the unconscious or automatic habit continues aS before.
 Neither scolding, nor punishment, nor ridlcule can in the slightest degree hlep the child with tic. The child does not what to make the face or continue the habit which stigmatizes him or her as being pc. culiar. The child can't help 1t. But parents, guardians or teachers can.
 Best treatment for tic or habit spaSn is course of systematic ex- ercises under the supervision of the competent physical education inc structor-the physical education aI1- structor In school, at the Y or the privte instructor. Exercises of the muscles involved in the habit spasm, and especially exercises in inhibition, or the control or check ing of the spaSm or the action by effort of will. The inhibition exer- cises are important, must be care fully graded to suit the individual child'S condition, carried out by the child regularly and faithfully, ir private, in the way 8 child would practice music lessons under capable music master.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Goats Milk
 Is goats milk flt to feed a child If so, must 1t be pasteuriZed ol otherwise treated in any way? W, have been giving our baby leigh months old) goats milk, on whicl she has tlnrived wonderfully, but ; neighbor says we are taking need less risk. (Ars. E. D. Al
 Answer-If the goats are regu
 larly examined by a veterinagial
 the milk is all right. Often an in
 fant fails to digest any grade c
 modification of cows milk, ye
 thrives when fed goats milk. Whe
 not certain about the safety of mil
 (goat's or cow's) 1t can always D
 made perfectly safe for infant, in that is, heating to boiling for on 7 valid or child or adult by scalding- < minute only. If milk Is pasteurize r -par-boiled, that is. heated to "A [ degrees F. for 20 to 30 minutes an 3 then allowed to cool again, it is per 7 fectly safe for infant, invalid, chil l or adult. Either kind of heating de l stroys any disease germs in tn 7 milk.
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 3 Please tell me what vitamsn B ? is taken for. (M. E. V.)
 It is one of the entities of u, vitamin B complex of which littl ,, is known, as yet.
 . Beverages Is there any habit-forrning in
 gradients in or ---- s (popular carbonated beveragesO a GA. c. Y.) Answer-No. Glass of either q equivalent to about half Q cupfI e of rather weak cof1ee or tea in ei
 feet. For children I'd recommen ,, rather the fruit juihce beverages. z