HOME HEALTH GUIDE

Opunake Times, 15 March 1949, Page 2

HOME HEALTH GUIDE

BEING A GOOD FATHER (By the Department of Health) What is a good father! Briefly. lie is a man who plays his full part in the physical, mental and moral developemeut of his family. He really studies the proper way to bring' up his children. This is, something that can’t he acquired hv reliance upon instinct. A good father learns what provision there is to protect his children from disease; he learns something about child hygiene; and he realises that unless h’s •wife is to exhaust herself by working 24 hours a day for seven days a week, he’ll have to chip in and lend a helping hand. He learns, too, what facilities there are locally for expectant and nursing mothers. He takes full advantage of all those services available to help his child from birth right through to the time he or she leaves school. As ;s sensible man he realises that it is better by this means to prevent the development of disabilities and ailments in his children than to wait until the foundation of their well-being is destroyed by preventable diseases and their general efficiency :s underminedThe good father plays an essential part in safeguarding the physical and mental wellbeing of his children from the time they enter his home. Through toddler stage aud schooldays, the partnership of father and mother must be maintained for the good of the child. Nor does the importance *vf (Continued foot previous column)