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BRINGING UP BABY

Sir-Mrs. Palton seems to have missed the point of criticism I was making of Mrs. Macaskill’s talk. The difference of opinion was not with the fact of the child’s playing in mud and water so much as the unstable nature of mud and water that in this case provided thé whole basis for a mother’s application of child psychology. Here was a mother who did not want her child to play at a certain thing, but gave in to the child for the sake of peace and harmony. My contention is that a little less of child psychology and a little more of parent psychology would have been better for discipline and training, and it could have been accomplished without the child’s realising it. Surely there (continued on next page)

(continued from previous page) is such a wealth of attractive and instructional play for youngsters that a mother need not give in against her better judgment to escape a clash of wills. The difficulty can almost, always be overcome by an alternative approach. I am prepared to accept Dale Carnegie’s theory that it is possible to influence anyone to your way of thought by making him want to do it. And where does this apply more than with |

children?

M. E.

TAPLIS

(Kaikohe). |

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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 529, 12 August 1949, Page 20

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216

BRINGING UP BABY New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 529, 12 August 1949, Page 20

BRINGING UP BABY New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 529, 12 August 1949, Page 20

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