Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
Is Child
Rude To
Servants?
By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, plp.

oy ohNNa SL6SLLhND mIEkS, Ph.U.
SOME parents are unable to en-
ploy and keep domestic helpers be-
cause Of discourtesy and TYRANNY of
their children toward hired helpers
For like reasons some parents can't
find baby sitters. For practical rea.
sons, theh, children need to be disci.
plined to have proper respect for
hired helpers in the home.
But there's a far bigger reason:
the child's own personality, moral
and spiritual development. See how
perilous to his character if he does
not learn to be thoughtful, consider
ate and courteous toward the person
employed to care for him or to help
in his family. We parents prepare
the child for proper behavior and at
titudes toward hired helpers, in our
absence, by cultivating desirable be-
havior and attitudes toward these
helpers in our presence. by precept
and example.
ACtinR Nu0ely
Our growing child who sees US
acting rudely toward a person who
is employed in our home hardly will
act otherwise himself. He needs to
see in US good example. This may
not suffice. He also needs restraints
and guidance in relation to the help
er, 50 he will say nothing, do moth
ing disrespectful Of her rights and
feelings. He needs, moreover, to be
required to take certain RESPONSE
bilities so as not to burden or annoy
this helper unduly, putting his play
things away, hanging up his clothes,
keeping his own room tidy, so as to
cause her no needless extra work.
You want him also to treat every
hired helper with proper respect and
dignity.sas worthy person. In the
average home there will be many
times when the child over five or six
should be assigned to assist the help
ing person with certain jobs. 1t is
hard to imagine home, moreover,
in which this growing child should
not be required to have some regu-
lar jobs to do which otherwise the
hired helper would have to do. my
bulletin, "How To Teach Your Child
To Help At Home," may be had in
stamped envelope.) The child who
has learned to do certain regular re-
quired jobs about the home has had
good training in proper regard for
hired domestic helpers.
Wholesome Regard
We parents also wish the growing
child to have wholesome regard
for every person who serves him or
his family in any way, for the man
who delivers packages from the
store, for the motorman on a bus or
car, clerk at store, waitress at a
restaurant. Let US set him a good
example and inspire him to choose
to treat all persons with proper
courtesy. Let US not hesitate to re-
buke or punish him for the slightest
rudeness to them.
We cannot begin too early. When,
for example, We hear the tot only
two or three calling any person, es-
pecially an older person, by an ugly
name, we should tell this tot just
once never to 40 so again. Then if
he did we should seize him suddenly
and turn him over our knee and lay
on the hand painfully, permitting
no exceptions.
But with our attention on the
good effect Of positive example and
suggestions we sh9d1d not often find
punishment necessary for cultivat-
ing proper Go6rtesies in the growing
-thaaaM4dI Yet by all means we should
cultivate these courtesies, if we care
about our child's best character de-
velopment.