Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-20
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A Quiz For Parents

Of embarrassing. They throw away their own
common sense to follow the often conflicting
advice Of experts and their lack Of q sure
TOUCH or rmness and gertrude. upsets their chill
dren. child needs feeling Of limits; he realizes
he can't make important decisions. II he feels
they are left up TO him. that he can control his
parents BY wheeling. tantrums or playing them
against each other, he is headed straight in the
direction Of emotional trouble
How can you tell when emotional difficulties
arc the underlying cause Of a child's reading dis
ability? Check his actions against the things that
emotionally disturbed children do. To list few
teil-tale indicators, could mention nail biting,
bed wetting. finger sucking extreme restlessness,
over or undertaking. temper tantrums, inability
70 CT along with other children excessive fears,
unruliness, overquietness and too great dociIity,
running away from home. truancy. delinquency.
Your Eight Big Questions
What can We as parents do about reading dis
abilities?
OF course, We must try TO see that our school
boards provide the facilities and personnel needed
to discover the cases and give remedial reading.
But the main AREA Of parental responsibility Is
in the home. When parent IS told that the child
has q reading disability. il should be warn
ing signal. Each parent should take the time TO
think over carefully his or her relationship to the
child, trying hard to be honest: then both should
discuss the situation seriously calmly and without
mutual accusations - each must limit the discus
sion to his own faults And above all you should
ask yourself these eight questions:
L Docs my relationship to my husband (wife)
end children take the first place in my life?
2. Do show my husband (wife) the same love,
affection, consideration and respect did during
our counting days?
3 Do love my child? Do show him this love
often and in a way he can understand?
4. Do spend enough time with my child doing
things he enjoys?
s. Do we parents have clear household rules
that we agree on and enforce consistently?
6. Does my child consider me nag?
7. Do remember the old adaee, Monkey see,
monkey dor" Do realize that my actions have
much more effect than what say?
.. Do treat my child with the respect and
courtesy want him to show to me?
Many parents who answer these questions hon.
estIy will find the answer to some Of them is no."
know from experience that If these people make
an about effort to change emotional problems in
their children melt away. Then. with help from
a sympathetic, properly trained teacher. reading
disabilities clear up very rapidly.
So, if your Johnny can't read. don't dump the
whole problem in your schools lap. II IS ALSO
lutey essential that parents courascously share in
the job. Happily. il the whole family works
together on il. the problem can be licked
And licking il IS well worth the trouble. For
the chickering's. nassings and family difficulties
that have caused the reading problem in the first
place win disappear as il docs. Your Johnny viii
not only be able to read better, he'll be happier