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The growth Of 4 child is dependent in several important factors
Among these important factors is the caring Of the child, with en-
phasis on the type Of care the parents administer. In view Of this
fact a parent from the early stages of a chiIds development should
make the child feel secure in his environment. The way the child IS
fondled, The way the child's needs are met and the response Of the
child to outside stimuli will determine how well the chlds per
sonality will be nodded.
The growth Of a child in the physical sense could be Of a normal
or an abnormal nature. BY this is meant that the child can grow to-
be healthy in one case, and in another case because Of enyironmental
restrictions such as poor birth conditions. as a result of unclean home
conditions, unsanitary utensils OF diseases, be unhealthy and abnor3
NAL Along these same lines a child may be born to be feeble
minded Individual, an invalid, Or q person whose sense organs may
be defective.
One may ask, what has an individuals health to do with how
well he develops as a matured being? This important question,
thanks to the work Of our medical research students psychologists,
scientists, social workers, and industrial workers, has been answered
and developed to aid the child of tomorrow The point that 7 am
trying to establish is this: a childs physical makeup can be a handi-
cap or an asset to his Observation-Disclosures as well as his
security, depending upon how well he can adjust to environnental
conditions.
IN the mental maturadon Of q child one must remember that
a handicap, such as being blind, deaf, dumb, or even being deformed
is a retardation in the first phase Of development of the child. For
his learning, from the start, requires double effort In some cases,
and greater effort in the large majority Of cases. It has been found
in the experiences of life here and abroad that a handicap, through
direct compensation, could make an individual to develop into an
" expert in one field or another. On the other hand these same handi-
caps can make another individual to withdraw to himself without
trial to overcome that handicap, and thereby bring about a condi-
adjusting to his handicap.
There are blind persons who have been taught to read through
the Braille System, deaf persons who have been taught to- read lips,
feeble-minded who have been taught the mastery of anything they
are capable of doing. Other persons who are handicapped as far as
their levels of intelligence are concerned, are sometimes prevented
from developing an art that would help them to fit into social life,
by the criticisms from normal individuals These cause them to de-
velop a fear that they lack the ability to succeed in the enterprises
in which they are engaged. In order for them to overcome this fear,
they should put their ability to test and see whether they can be
successful. By testing their ability to test and see whether they can
be successful BY testing their ability, they will overcome both their
fears Of not succeeding and also their handicaps.
There is another important element which one should consider
carefully in the growth Of the child. Has the child, because Of pa
rental influence on his life, developed a feeling Of dependence or
independence? The way the child has been treated in his home will
determine his or her outlook on the future.
The two greatest evils that parents can commit are those of
over-protection and rejection. In both cases the child finds that he
cannot do anything on his own but must always play the part Of q
dependent social being as a result Of lack Of confidence in himself
with the later development or insecurity. OF course, if the child is
over-protected, he cannot solve his own problems, for he has been
accustomed to having them solved for him, and as a result has been
unable to learn in proportion with his physical growth. On the
other hand the child who has been rejected might have learned to
the point which his capacity and capabilities allow, but the unrea-
sonable Or the not too farsighted parent discourages his develop
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