Evening star., 1950-01-22
PUNISHMENT.
Iron. r. o. S., WashinotonJ

PUNISHMENT.
fFrom r. o. S., Washinoton.)
I am q widow with a 12-year -old
son and a 14-year-old daughter
and I am very much perplexed in
regard to the use of corporal
punishment. For some years now
corporal punishment has been very
much frowned upon. 1t has been
the general feeling that any par
ent. especially a mother, who has
to resort to whipping her children
has been considered a very poor
parent In this so-called enlightened
age. When my children were little
too young for reasoning, 7 have
smacked their fingers and I have
spanked them very lightly. Neither
Of my children has ever had an
honest-to-goodness old-fashioned
thrashing. Since they have been
old enough to reason with, have
never laid a finger on them. ]
sometimes wonder If I have been
making a mistake for the past
several years, when I behold the
results of my efforts.
My mother was also left a widow
My father died before was old
enough to remember him. I have
an only sister who is years older
than I. When we were naughty
mother used the strap and she
used 1t with one idea and that
was to make it hurt and it did
hurt. These whippings never
broke my spirit or my sisters as
It is claimed by some that whip
pings will break a child's spirit
Today my sister and I share moth
ing but love, respect and admira-
tion for our mother who is now
quite an old lady.
Lately I have read articles in
the papers the writer's of which
strongly advocate the return OF
corporal punishment and also
articles mostly by mothers that
very much disapprove of it. From
the actions of many teen-age
children that I see on streetcars,
Mt movies and other public places,
I can't help but feel that the best
thing In the world for many of
them would be a good strapping.
II I ever saw or heard of my
children behaving in public like
some I have seen I most certainly
would invest in a good strap and
60 to work on them.
I would like to hear from some
ether mothers who are confronted
with this same problem. There
Is nothing like a good discussion
to enlighten one, and I feel that
the RICH is a good place to hold
one.
The question is, to whip or not
TO whip?
TRIP WITH BABY.
(Fron1 Mrs. c. W. H., Bethesda.) }
In answer to Mrs. j. P. BIS re-
quest in The Star for hints about
motor travel with a 9-month old
child.
The automobile shelf, manu-
factured by the Lime Products
Co.. 1910 Stanword street, Santa
Monica, Calf, converts the back
seat Of the car into a playpen or
cri5 for a young child to play and
slftp. 1t is a grand help in trav-
sZng or local driving.
You can buy at most children's
stores an insulated cardboard con-
tainer for one 8-ounce bottle. This
eontainer will keep the bottle at
the right temperature for four
hours.
When We went South last winter
with our young child, I made
formula for two days and put it
into a large thermos, cold. We
stopped every four or five hours
and filled a bottle and had it
warmed and put into the insulated
box. We carried an electric bot
tie sterilizer and did a days bot
ties in our hotel room each night.
We used our own small crib
fabout one half the size of a
standard crib and so wouldn' t
know If hotels furnish them for
the night.
We took q number of small fry's
favorite toys, but didn't give him
all Of them to play with. We doled
them out one or two at time
and found 1t worked wonderfully
We gave him graham crackers one
morning instead Of cereal when we
wanted to get an especially early
start and didn't want to stop.
u X X u
SHIIT-INS CRAFT SERVICE.
(Frons N. c. D., WGstingtonJ
It might be of interest to your
readers to know that the Shut-Ins
Graft Shop has moved to a more
convenient location, 1854 K street
NV. Opening day was Monday
January Is.
Our new phone will be Sterling
3S1S. Our hours are from $50
am. to s pm.