Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29

Today" by Arnold GeSell and
Frences Zig. From this you will bet
ter understand the transitional Pc
Rod through which your child is
passing and you will realize the
value of management rather than
discipline and a strong sense of
humor rather than impatience and
scolding. I trust that this will be of
some help to you.
From Mrs. B. A. H., Takonla Park. J
My heart aches for Mrs. H. M. D.,
who is having so much trouble with
her 2-year-old daughter. 1t Is for
tunate that she has the foresight to
want to correct problem now that
possibly could grow into real trou-
BILE later on. There is an agency
called Children's Protective Associ-
alton in the 1900 block of s street
NV, under the direction of the
American Red Cross, that does ex-
cellent work with problem children.
Too, there is a place (also under
the Red Cross in the 1400 block of
Columbia road NV, who deals with
child behavior problems also. Con-
tact Red Cross Headquarters at Re-
public $500 for more specific in
formation and I'm sure they can
help you.
We have in our community per-
fectly nice little chap except when
he is around his mother. Mother
is normal and son Is normal but
there is clash" of personalities
This relationship rarely exists
among parent and child but when
it does it is really problem.
From Mrs. F. M. j., Washington.
Suppose you try absolutely ignor-
ing your little girl when she gets
in tantrum. just walk off, pay no
attention and If she won't eat put
the food away. 1t is an act. out of
which she gets some sort of pleas
ure. If 1t no longer annoys you she
will stop. 1t can't hurt her in any
way and will let her know she Is
not the only one to be considered
Keep it up until she finally Is
broken of the habit. Good luck.
From Mrs. J. E. s., Arlington)
Mrs. H. M. D., your problem is
much the same as the one I faced
when my second child was born. The
older child had been very slow de-
veloping physically, and although
he was 13 months old, he still
was not walking. He had been a
very good baby, never crying, but
when his sister came, he imme-
diately changed. Tantrums began.
he would kick, cry, refuse to eat
or to be dressed. He would slap his
baby sister, pull her hair, and in
fact do anything he could think of
that was Objectionable.
Fortunately I had a wise doctor
who warned me before the second
child came that this might happen.
This Objectionable behavior was
merely the older childs means of
getting attention. Unfortunately I
was not well at first and had to
turn the largest part of his care
over to maid for a time. But as
soon as could care for him again
I proceeded to give him the same
attentions the younger child re-
ceived, If was holding the baby,
I would let him sit in the chair
beside me. 1t was necessary to do
this, otherwise he would try to climb
up in my lap and push the baby
out of my arms. I took time out
to just love him and pay attention
to him when the baby was asleep.
He was so jealous that when he
saw us feed the baby, he, too, re-
fused to feed himself I just fed
him along with his sister and as
soon as she began eating by her
self, he Immediately began to do
the same.
BY constantly giving the older
child special attention, and trying
In every way to treat the two chill
dren just alike, I was able in a
large measure to overcome the bad
behavior. But even now at the age
Of 8. my boy is extremely jealous
of his sister and If any one pays
more attention to her than they