FOR PARENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21141, 26 March 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

FOR PARENTS.

DON'T, Nag; Punish; .Repress; Instill fear; Lose your own temper; Pamper and over-indulge; Force your child to " show off;'! Laugh at a child's mistakes; Ask or demand unreasonable things; Suppress a child's reasonable desires; Assume that a child is lying when he is simply being naturally imaginative; .Make arbitrary commands —simple explanations are easy to give and worth giving; Fail to remember that you are the model your child will copy—either consciously or unconsciously. DO. Guide rather than direct; Explain rather than command; Get your child's confidence; Cultivate your child's self-reliance; See that work, play and rest are properly balanced; Establish a routine of life, beginning early in infancy; Be sure that your child has no uncorrected physical defects; Remember that every new human being has a right to a life of his own; Exercise poise, balance and calmness in all your relations with your child; Plan two " rest hours " for your child every day—one in the forenoon and one after the noon meal; Remember that a child has a reason for everything he does —find out v. hat it is; Provide opportunities for normal, constructive plav; homemade toys and pleasures are best; Try to understand your child's point of view rather than expect him to do all the understanding of yours.