CHILDREN AND SPORT
Some children take -to sport more quickly than others. Never force the pa.ee. if sport is a pcnnni;y, there is something wrong somewhere, fur, above ;Jl, it should give pleas ire. Never laugh "at" a child's failures. Laugh "with" him, if you like, for .-.his is a very '■different thing. ■ Ai;,\ teach the great importance of sport in helping to preserve good health, a;:.I that it is everyone's duty to try to keep lit. In spite of its detractors, sport is vital!j' necessary as a pait of the education of every human h.'ing. Sport is, to a child, almost more im
e-ortant, educationally, than book learning, for no amount of the latter com ! develop the higher moral qualities in the. same way —those qualities of selfcontrol, unselfishness, honour, loyaltj and courage which are typical of the British character at its best.
We need sport to rule out coward ce—the worst siu of all!
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Shannon News, 12 November 1929, Page 4
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156CHILDREN AND SPORT Shannon News, 12 November 1929, Page 4
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