YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD PSYCHIATRISTS tell us that if we want to avoid war, we must acquire maturity, in other words, really grow up. Most of us, by the time we are out of our...
...A mature person is not dependent unless ill...
...The ability to size things up, make one's own decisions, is a characteristic of maturity...
...4. Do not spray household pets...
...Inadvertently swallowing it, however, would result in serious poisoning,.the National Safety Council warns...
...Safety Rules For Home Use Of DDT If you are using DDT around your home to get rid of roaches, bedbugs, flies, mosquitoes...
...This knowledge should make up to mothers for the extra trouble...
...It is morale in the individual...
...2. Avoid skin contacts with the spray...
...or other insect pests, take the same precautions you would with any other powerful insecticide...
...In cold weather, at least one hot dish is desirable...
...Basically, maturity represents a wholesome amalgamation of two things: 1. dissatisfaction with the status quo, which calls forth aggressive, constructive effort, and 2. social concern and devotion...
...If he can eat this meal at the school cafeteria, mother will be spared some trouble but she should make sure that nourishing dishes are served...
...Here is their definition: "Maturity is a quality of personality that is made up of a number of elements...
...If you do get any on your skin, wash it off with soap and warm water...
...Two of our psychiatrists, Drs...
...No ill effects to a person have ever been traced to this insecticide and none are expected if it is properly handled...
...Of course, maturity represents the capacity to cooperate: to work with others, to work in an organization, and under authority...
...5. Store DDT«in a safe place where children cannot reach it...
...The mature person is flexible, can defer to time, persons, circumstances...
...Persistence is an aspect of maturity: persistence to carry out a goal in the face of difficulties...
...Most of us, by the time we are out of our teens, realize that being grown-up involves more than the small child's notions of that longed-for age when one can drive a car, use lipstick, stay up late at parties, and the like...
...The menu for lunch at home or in the school cafeteria should include one nourishing main dish, a glass of milk, fruit or vegetable in some form, whole-wheat or enriched bread, butter, and a simple dessert...
...The National Safety Council has drawn up the following five simple rules for use of DDT: 1. When spraying DDT, avoid inhaling the mist as much as possible...
...Yet few of us, apparently, know what it takes to be really grownup...
...Maturity includes determination, a will to achieve and succeed, a will to live...
...thus it is reliability...
...It is the quality or capacity of giving more than is asked or required in a given situation...
...Doctors and health authorities usually advise that lunch should furnish at least one-third of the child's food requirements for the day...
...This implies a considerable amount of independence...
...3. Put away food and cooking and eating utensils before spraying a room...
...It is stick-to-itiveness, the ability to stick to a job, to work on it, and to struggle through until it is finished, or until one has given all one has in the endeavor...
...Edward A. Strecker and Kenneth E. Ap-pel, of Philadelphia, have recently defined maturity in terms of abilities which, if enough of us had them, could enable us to avoid wars in the future...
...Their meals must also supply the building materials for muscles and other soft tissues of the body, for sound teeth and bones and for good red blood...
...If the child carries a sandwich lunch, or gets a cold main dish such as salad or cold meat, the milk might be served hot in the form of milk soup or chowder or lightly flavored with cocoa or chocolate.' Sandwiches children brought from home contained more nourishment than those they bought at stores near the school, a recent survey snowed...
...Endurance of difficulties, unpleasantness, discomfort, frustration, hardship...
...Growing, active children with the new burden of school work need foods that supply energy...
...It is this char-' acteristie that enables others to count on one...
...Take special care to keep it off the hands when filling the spray gun...
...School Child Needs Good Lunch The school child needs a good breakfast to start the day and he also needs a good meal at noon...
...He can show tolerance, he can be patient, and above all he has the qualities of adaptability and compromise...
Vol. 9 • November 1945 • No. 45
