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MOTHER KNOWS BEST
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th
Streot, New ^ ork (lty. These articles are appearing weekly in
our columns. * *
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Jjhe was a very young motl
and vary lovely to look at as s
«tobd at the door and said. “.V
th«r knows best! Now don't «
me again! You are not to
it!" I forget what the issue w
bat I looked back quickly into t
early days of my' own motherhc
and laughed to myself. W1
whpn I was her age how little
knew about anything! Yet I i
suse that I, too, handed out t
same “Mother knows best.”
Of course, a young mother 1
had some experience along ma
lines, but as to helping childi
to meet life's problems she g<
erally does not know much. S
and the children should grow
gether, and in many situatic
» she will know best. But th«
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will be still other occasions when
the children’s judgment will be
good and should be taken into
account. Mothers cannot persuade
their children that Mother always
knows best, unless their past ex
periences have proved this to be
true.
Barbara Anne Stone has posi
tive likes and dislikes. At six
years of age she has favorite
foods and favorite games. And,
too, she is very sure as to the
colors that are her favorites.
One day she and her mother
went to the city to buy material
for the little girl’s new dress.
After considering several possi
bilities her mother indicated her'
choice to the saleswoman.
“But 1 don’t like that. Mother!
I don t like blue and red togeth
er. I like this yellow and brownT*
Barbara Anne urged.
“Mother knows best what you
should have. Now keep still!”
was the response, and the red and
blue material was purchased.
Mrs. Stone has always liked the
combination of red and blue, but
Barbara Ahne, when she has to
wear the dress to school, feels
unhappy in it—her disposition
seems to react to it unpleasantly’.
Her mother wonders what can ail
her child every time she puts on
her “pretty” dress! *
This attitude of “Mother
knows best” is usually far from
convincing, and mothers often do j
not understand why. There are
other mothers who use that atti- j
tude as a battle-ax to stop con
troversy and argument.
Mothers—and Fathers—instead
of so much of this self-assurance,
why not give the children oppor
tunities to do things and sec if
parents really do know all there
is to know? Parenes are by no
means infallible. Is there any
reason why a boy or girl should
not work out a really improved
scheme sometimes? Give the
young people a chance to choose
and to develop judgment Let
them show their initiative; let
them work out their Ideas. If
the results are disappointing, they
will nevertheless have learned a
valuable lesson.
Grandmother Brown is a wom
an of opinions— extremely strong
ones. She is caring for two little
grandchildren, seven and eight
years of age. The elder adjusts
to her grandmother’s ways easily,
but the younger has decided ideas
of her own. As a result, with Su
san—the ySunger child—there is
constant friction, hne shows real
pleasure in displeasing her grand
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mother. However, that lady does
not relax her arbitrary manner.
Grandmother “knows,” and
Grandmother’s word is not to be
questioned!
One day she was laying down
the law to the child's father, and
Susan asked, “Aren’t you very
impolite to speak to my daddy
that way?”
“Indeed I’m not!” was the re
ply. “My way is best! And he
should know it by this time!”
“Daddy and I don’t think so,"
answered the child.
We all have known mothers
who failed to recognize that their
children had grown up and who
never learned the wonderful les
son of “hands off.” We mothers
never know what our children are
thinking. Sometimes in later
years they remark about various
childhood experiences, and we find
to our amazement that we were
not as important in our “know
all” attitude as we thought we
were.
However, much of the time
mothers do know best!
“Most five-year-old children are
not ready for the formal program
of reading, numbers, and so forth,
which must be accomplished dur
ing the first grade. Due to the
current almost universal practice
of continuous promotion, the
child who does not assimilate the
work of the first grade is placed
under a handicap which will con
tinue for years, and, as we know,
when ,we cannot succeed in one
direction we look for some other
avenue of success."—J. E. Moore,
Director of Education, State Home
for Boys, Jamesburg, N. J.
If the little children of your
community are not receiving the
benefits of kindergarten educa
tion under a trained kindergar
tener, will you not try to arouse
interest in the subject? Write to
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New York 18, N. Y., for informa
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“These an my children -‘Michael, Patrick, Maria, John, Prudence, and Stephanie.’'
in some homes, children say their
prayers at their mother's bedside. In
our home, my mother said her prayers
at my bedside. Site was a deeply re
ligious woman. She took me to church
•very Sunday. And she never tired of
telling me that the happiest of all
women is the one who has discovered
the Kingdom within. Certainly ray
mother’s iovingnes** and firm sweet
ness showed she had discovered the
Kingdom within. She had strength
and peace of heart that made her
glow 'viUt happiness. Even strangers
quickly saw it. And she used to say:
‘If you know right from wrong... if
you learn to taste the joy—and the
discipline—of know ing God, you will
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“This is what we are trying to give
our children- -almost from the time
they are able to walk. So when our
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sending their children to church until
they are old enough to understand
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"How else will a growing chikt
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and wrong that w ill lead him to happi
ness ?Only our churches can teach him.
“John and I honestly feel that even
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there are still many questions Of right
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