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THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1931 THE -HAI LEYBURIAN Page 3 Mental Health: By D. M. LeBOURDAIS . Director, Division of Education, Cana- dian National Committee for Mental Hygiene Prevaricating Parents . Have Liars For Children Children are Highly Imitative -- and Copy the Worst in Us -- With the Best, In a recent article in the col- umn [| stated that parents wit- tingly or unwittingly, are re- sponsible for many of the later mental troubles of their children. Some parents are unwilling to believe this; they feel quite com- petent to bring up children in the way they should go. If a child later finds himself in jail, in a mental hospital, or any other of the institutions which society maintains to take care of those who fall by the wayside, parents usually find a way to shift the blame to other shoulders. Here is a typical case quoted in Dr. Blatz's and Mrs. Bott's book, "The Management of Young Children." "A little girl of three and a half was very fond of sugar. At breakfast one morning her moth- er had just filled the sugar bowl when she was called to the tele- phone. When she came back the bowl was half empty. She said: Marjorie, did you touch the brown sugar?" "No, mother." "Are you sure you did not touch the sugar?" "No I didn't, mother." "Now Marjorie, you told your mother you did not touch the sugar when you did. Mother knows you did, because God told her you did. When you say you have not done a thing that you really did do, that is what we call a lie. A lie is very naughty, and nfther will spank you for telling a lier "The child was spanked." This may seem to be an ex- treme case, but it really is not. If the average mother (this ap- plies also to fathers) will care- fully think over her attitude in similar citcumstances she will find that she is often quite as in- - consistent. Of course there are circum- tances when the truth is per- haps not advisable, but they are probably rare. And certainly the best way that a respect for truth can be developed in a child is for parents themselves to show a healthy respect for it, especially in their own lives from day to day. The same principle holds good in all other phases of life. Child- ren are highly imitative; they not only imitate the things in which we should like them to follow us, but often to our dismay they im- itate us in the things of which we are not so proud and which we had fondly hoped were hidden from. sight. High winds, rain and warm weather have helped to soften up the ice on the lake and it looks as though it will be all gone this week. STOMACH UST a tasteless dose of Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water. That is an alkali, effective yet harmless. It has been the standard antacid for 50 years. One spoonful will neutralize at once many times its volume in acid. It's the right way, the quick, pleasant and efficient way to kill all the excess acid. The stomach becomes sweet, the pain departs. 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Most of the .communic- able diseases from which we suf- fer in this country are spread in this manner. ©The germs leave the body in the secretions of the fiealth Service. <2) Ganadian Medical Association GRANT FLEMING, M.D. ~ ASSOCIATE SECRETARY are) OF THE Beited"by nose, mouth and throat. In the acts of coughing, sneezing, ex- pectorating or loud talking, these secretions are thrown out into he surrounding air, into the faces of persons who are nearby and who receive the germs in this way. It is obvious that we should cough and sneeze only into a handkerchief, and that we should not talk directly into another person's face. The saliva is, of course, depos- ited on all eating and drinking utensils which are placed in the mouth or which come into con- tact with the lips. If these uten- sils are used by another person before they have been cleansed, that person takes into his mouth the first individual's saliva, which may contain the germs of disease. That is why it is unsafe to use common eating or drinking uten-~ sils, the common drinking-cup constituting a very real danger. It is also why dishes should be thoroughly washed after use and why there are laws requiring the sterilization of dishes in public eating places. You may agree that such care i; reasonable, providing some per- son in the home is ill and that it appears sensible to be careful outside the home, but you are apt to feel, when everyone in the home is apparently well, that no particular care is necessary; that it is quite all right for everyone to use the common cup at the sink when drinking "between meals. The reason why this is not all right and why you need to take care at all times is, first of all, because it is only by remember- ing to be careful always, that you continue to do so when it is nec- essary. The second reason is that it is not possible to tell which persons have disease germs in their noses and throats. 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