OUR CHILDREN
Patri, Angelo
Our Children By ANGELO PATRI AROUTINE DAY is essential for children and their mothers. When a child knows what he is to do and the time he is to do it, when he knows what to expect and is not...
...That early feeding set the' hour for the feedings to follow, so that the routine of the household became a long procession of inconveniences...
...As long as routine is usual no harm will come of an occasional change of schedule...
...Men live in the spirit...
...When a child knows what he is to do and the time he is to do it, when he knows what to expect and is not disappointed, he has a feeling of security that reflects on his mental and physical health, strengthening him in all his ways...
...Room must be left for life's unexpectedness or life will not be easy...
...She was all set to follow the rules for perfection in rearing him...
...Each evening glance over the day's happenings and see where tomorrow can be better planned...
...The spirit of humanity cannot be mechanized...
...Fit him into your life and he will be happier and so will you...
...Then control the program without allowing it to dominate the spirit of the household...
...She lay awake so as not to miss the hour...
...Leave a place for rest and meditation because mothers must have that brief absence from daily pressure in order to live...
...A young mother returned from the hospital with her new baby...
...Fit them into the daily schedule so as to give them what they need at the least possible cost to other members of the family, especially their mothers...
...The plan is not the all important thing...
...The middle of the road as usual is the safest way...
...That is the only way to treat children, babies, and older ones...
...That makes home a mechanized scheme and whenever the mechanics of any job overcome the human elements, the result is unhappy...
...Routine is the foundation of a successful day...
...The poor young mother was beside herself trying to keep up until an experienced nurse said, "But why not change the feeding hour to fit the day better ? He can be fed at seven, or five, or 10 o'clock...
...The daily program is set to help the mother and the children through the day,—to keep an ordered plan moving, to make home a happy place to live in...
...Rising to feed the baby wakened his father, who needed to sleep...
...At the hospital he'had a feeding at" six o'clock...
...It is only when the unexpected becomes the expected thing in the home that disorder and unhappiness result...
...et the daily program...
...When a mother knows what she has to do, or can do, from hour to hour, she can plan ahead, and she feels secure in her place as head of the household...
...The houi does not matter just so long as he is fed at the proper intervals and regularly...
...Sometimes it happens that the people are forgotten in the homage paid to the routine...
...The people concerned in it are what count for most in the arrangement...
Vol. 8 • March 1944 • No. 13
