IRRITABLE CHILDREN.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 November 1913, Page 2

IRRITABLE CHILDREN.

Bursts of passion in a little child must be met. by steady, gentle firmness on the mother's side. Loud outcries should be hushed, not byangry words, but by a grave quietness of voice and speech, which helps to repress them by mere force of .contrast. Passionate actions, tsuch as blows, kicks, and drumming with the heels upon the floor should be prevented by physical force if necessary. Above all, the thing coveted, if .t causes the child ta fly into a rage as the readiest means of obtaining it, should never be granted. As the child groivs older ,and can be reasoned with, lie or she should be taught to avoid the beginnings of wrath, to struggle against irritability and not to give way td it in words when it rises in the mind. Irritable children often have generous, loVing natures, easily influenced for good. A wish to please another, and to do what is right for its own sake, may be made strong enough tojrlose the lips against the torrent of angvy words that rushes to them, and so help them to victory. Each effort at iself-eon quest makes the next one easier.