TURAKINA W.I.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 255, 27 October 1937, Page 2

TURAKINA W.I.

On October 22, members and delegates of the Turakina Institute motored through to Westmere to attend the half-yearly council meeting, where a most interesting and enjoyable day was spent. Among those present were Mesdames J. W. Henderson (voting delegate), E. Short, A. Major, D. Cameron, J. Wischnowsky, J. Collins, D. Priest (reporting delegate), R. Glasgow, J. Jones, N. Goldsbury, A. Glasgow, R. King; Misses M. Clark, B. Knox.

CHILDREN WHO “SHOW-OFF” TOAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS PECULIAR TRAIT? “The desire to impress people, to make the world sit up and notice us, comes to all o£ us at times. So it is hardly surprising that most children go through a phase o£ showing-off, and that most mothers have blushed at times for the way their children have behaved in front of strangers. “A little showing-off is natural, but if we reward it with too much applause and admiration, our children won't be happy without it when they grow up. If, on the other hand, we snub them for showing-off, they may turn bitterly against a world which doesn’t seem to appreciate them. Everything depends on the way we handle the child who deliberately seeks applause. “Real, persistent showing-off seems to begin somewhere between four and five; little boys suddenly take to roaring and fighting, being violently rude and disobedient when other people are about. Thus writes Dr. Anne Pedlev, expert in child psychology, in The New Idea, the weekly paper lor women.-