GOOD POSTURE

...age of five or six and keep them there a considerable part of their waking life for from eight to twelve year...

...Do we not all remember fre-> quent admonitions from our mothers to "stand up straight...

...These charts are sold by the Government Printing Office...

...Our read* ers will be bmtliled to know that the fist of this valuable series will appear regularly in The Progressive...

...Good posture is an important asset to the child, not only with reference to health, but also in the development of an attractive, well-poised, socially adequate personality...

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...The muscles of the abdomen, dlaphram, neck, and back are all used In holding us erect, if these muscles weaken the shoulders sag, the dlaphram drops the abdomen sags, the.shoulder blades stick out, the back curves, and the child looks and Is droopy...

...If the shadow picture shows that the child's head and chest are erect, the lower abdomen flat, and back curves within normal limits, the child may be said to be in excellent posture...

...have him make a shadow picture of himself...

...Moreover, incorrect position of the body results in great waste of energy, which causes bodily fatigue and perhaps insomnia, poor appetite, and other symptoms of impaired physical condition...

...GRACE ABBOTT "KEEP UP GOOD WORK [Verblen, S. D„ Jan...

...C. L.J ONE OF THE 6UBJECTB concerning which mothers most frequently feel it necessary to correct their children is posture...

...It is a birthright which no child who is not actually crippled or deformed beyond hope of cure need be denied...

...Yet the development of good posture Is one of the most definite means to good health, resistance to disease, and generally good physical and mental vigor...

...Then show him later how to sit comfortably In a proper position and how to support his book...

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...Nature Is more insistent that the young should live a motor life than adults should do »j, but w< put our children in a school building at the...

...What follows r-latet to the subject of good posture.—B...

...These talks are based on Investigations made by the Bureau and are the highest available authority on the wide range of subject* discussed...

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...For example, if he likes to read or look at picture*, notice whether he slouches in his chair, and suggest- to him that he lie on his stomach on the floor tor a change...

...Merely telling children to "stand up straight" docs not give them much help in assuming correct posture, and constant nagging la likely to make the child resent any suggestion that he develop better habits of sitting and standing...

...I would like to get the back numbers tram the start...

...If his head is markedly forward, his chest sunken, his abdomen completely relaxed and protuberant, and his back curve* extremely exaggerated, he Is in bad or very poor posture...

...j Encourage the child to be happy and courageous...

...This change in our habits of living has an unfavorable effect upon the young particularly...

...M. V. O Shea of the University of Wisconsin, in a book called "The Child: His Nature and HU Needs," calls attention to the confining conditions to which children have been subjected in the school room...

...MONOPOLY CONTROL OF WEALTH IS ANSWtB [Sheboygan, Wis., Jan...

...More*' over, good posture must be made attractive to children, ana not a matter of nagging at home or dull, routine exercises at school...

...The posture charts offer a standard with which to compare the shadow picture...

...Some night before your child goes to bed...

...Have him stand naturally, with his eyes looking straight ahead and his side to the light...

...Relaxed muscles are a sign that something Is wrong...

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...See that nothing In the child's clothing Interferes with I free motion...

...Certain chronic ailments in adults may be due directly to the poor posture which started in childhood...

...If your boy or girl carries one shoulder high or has any other postural defect, notice what he does In work J or play that may be Increasing such defects, and talk j to your physician about special corrective exercises...

...If your child has bowlegs or knock-knees ha should have shoes that will give him proper support...

...When the human body was being constructed, man lived out of doors and he had to engage in an active muscular life for subsistence...

...I remember how often my mother worried,' (or fear we were becoming "round-shouldered...

...Many people ara slightly bowlegged or knockneed, or carry one shoulder a little higher than the other...

...When the body Is .-.'lumped the organs are thrust from their, natural position, and, of course, can not (unction prop-/ erly...

...Anything that causes muscles to lose their tone and relax may start a child standing in a relaxed position...

...If the delect Is very noticeable, he needs the attention of a physician...

...The school should assume leadership in developing good posture...

...21]—So many people out Of wor| —so slack the work all over—so hard »'or a family—faUi« with a large family to meet expenses for living—what is the reason for...

...Nature," he says, "undoubtedly Intended that the young should live an active muscular life out in the optn during the developmental period...

...See that your child gets plenty of rest and that his bed and pillows are arranged so that he can lie la % position that keeps his bark flat...

...In a motion picture film on "posture" produced by the Children's Bureau, the Interest of the children Is gained by glimpses of well-known athletes and movie heroes, such as Helen Wills, Walter Johnson, and Douglas Fairbanks, whose good posture is an essential element of their success...

...The Progressives should discuss this probJ Jam...

...Encourage him to do things that will help good posture...

...Before any posture training was given, 92 per cent of the children were found to have poor or bad poeture...

...Children of one room in each grade were given special posture training and were compared with similar groups , o: children who were given only the regular gymnastic exercises of the school...

...And to add to the injurious effect of such a life for the young, the educational methods which have been in vogue heretolore have required that children should sit in seats learning lemons or reciting them during practically all of their time in school buildings...

...Poor posture soon becomes a hab;t, ,vo a child who begins to sit or stand wrongly needs to be watched carefully...

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...Have you ever noticed how a discouraged, worried, fearful person stands...

...Shadow Pictures ALL CHILDREN like to make shadow pictures on the wall...

...Almost over night, as such things should be measured, we have changed our mode of living so that instead of being out iu the open, hunting and fishing, etc., for a living, we now spend our time indoors, usually In a sitting posture, and we exercise the brain principally instead of the muscles...

...Firm muscles keap our bodies straight and hold our organs in place...

...Arrr.ln Klein of Boston...

...This ' will help greatly to make him hold himself well...

...A two-year practical demonstration of the methods and results of teaching posture in the public schools was conducted a few year...

...At the end of one year, 62 per cent of the children given special training had improved their posture...

...Clothing should hang from the shoulder* | and should not bmd anywhere...

...Washington, D. C and are also reproduced in publications distributed by the Children's Bureau...

...Klein has prepared some very Interesting charts showing silhouettes of children taken by a special camera, and graded, according to the posture of the children, as excellent, good, poor, or bad...

...Train In Childhood / OF COURSE, the time to begin a definite program of' posture training is in early childhood...

...Bowlegs and knock-knees, which usually develop when a child is f bout a year old, could have been prevented in most cases if the child had had sun baths and cod liver oil when he was a baby...

...Keep up the good work.—K...

...Your child may have specific defects of posture, in addition to general poor carriage...

...Overfatigue, undernourishment, exhausting illness, constant colds, or other Infections may cause relaxation of muscles...