CHILD WELFARE.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 343, 18 January 1924, Page 10

CHILD WELFARE.

On November Oth an address on “Some Popular Fallacies in the Modern Upbringing 1 of Children” was given at Levin under the auspices of the W.r.T.IT., by Dr. Elizabeth Bryson.

Many points were ably presented. Tho right foods for children were explained, the best thing; after all being to go bacK to the simple, plain foods, properly cooked and served, the various wheat and whole-meal foods now before the public Ix'ing preferable to refined flours. Another fallacy was that of bow legs in a child being attributed to it being allowed to walk before it was strong. A child never walked before it was strong enough. How legs were largely due to rickets. The fallacy of allowing a child to live and sleep in its pram, was pointed out and explained, and also the bad effects of taking a child into the atmos■phere of pictuie theatres and similar places. The speaker ably pointed out the entire freedom needed by the child

in its growth. If carefully trained, it would prow into the habits of obedience, c*lennlir r • • etc., because it had learned

to U»\»* and respect those who care for it, and therefore loved to obey.