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Monday, November 11, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTTH Hoted Child Psychologist Lists Seven Reasons Why Children Misbe Editor"i note: This Is the first nf ifcfee dispatches in which Dr. Fritz mi. a noted health specialist, offers : 4wn-to-earth advice to parents in Coping with youthful misbehavior. By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington M oThere are (even reasons why children mis behave. If you understand these r e a s ons, you can head off many discipli nary problems before they arise. And you can cope intel ligently with those you can not prevent. This advice Touis Gssis comes from Dr. Tritz Redl, chief of the Labora tory for Child Research at the National Institute of Mental Health. Redl, one of the world's foremost psychologists, is par ticularly noted for his research on the behavior problems of normal and disturbed children. No Pat Theory Wise discipline, Redl said in an interview, begins with the realization that there is "no nice pat theory, no simple rule of thumb" that you can apply to every instance of misbehavior. Some parents seem to regard all misbehavior as a "harmless phase of development" to be ig nored until the child "grows out of it." Others go to the opposite extreme. They treat all misbe havior as a rebellion against au thority which must be stamped out with stern punitive meas ures. "All rfwch generalizations are $oison,'Redl said. "Misbehavior is not all alike. It can't be handled in the same way. There are times when a child needs to be punished and times when punishment does more harm than good. "When your child acts up. ask yourself, "Why did he do that? What's behind this misbehavior? What does it mean to him?' "Figuring out the meaning of a child's misbehavior doesn't re quire a degree in psychology. All it requires is a little thought. A little common sense, and a willingness to look a few inches below the surface of a child's annoying conduct to find out what prompted it. Then you will know how to handle it." Seven Basic Reasons Here are the seven basic rea sons for misbehavior listed by Redl: 1. Some objects and places cast an "almost hypnotic spell" over children. This is true, of older children as well as the very young toddler who grabs for the vase left on a low table. To the normal child of 6, 8 or even 10, "a pair of scissors says 'cut with me' and a hammer says 'hit with me.' A big echoing room, like an art museum, whis pers 'run and shout in me.' " Parents should recognize the "seductiveness of gadgets and spaces" for their young, and try to protect them from "tempta tions which they may not be able to resist even under threat of dire punishment." 2. Children are "extremely susceptible to the influence of other people's behavior. When they are playing in groups, a Half Tummy Enough, Specialist Lectures sy uci-ua oiiin Hew York OP) Th stomach ,Mt) key orjwn for nourishing thft hodv does' verv well in that Endeavor after half of it has bfen removed, according to a (BurjiDn who specialized in such tfmovals for the purpose ofcur igjf ulcers. JBut people don't get along Vaty well, nutritionally speak ing; on less than half a stomach, fbfttinued Dr. Harold D. Harvey, ot Columbia University's Col life of Physicians and Surgeons (peaking from his experiences ith 1,068 persons who gave up jwrts of their stomachs. Dr. Harvey recommended that (So more than one-half of any stoach should be removed in ulcer surgery, "except perhaps in exceptional cases." In reporting his interesting statistics to the American Col lege of Surgeons, he divided his cases between those who $ad Tests And Study May Reveal Cause fif Actress's Death Hollywood (IP) The coron er his ordered toxicological tests (afrd microscopic study on the ody of Canadian Actress Vic toria Ward in an effort to de termine the cause of her death. An autopsy was performed but the coroner's office said re (Sfclt& were withheld pending fur ther investigation. Authorities listed her death as probably due to natural causes pending com pletion of the coroner's further udy. The 43-year-old stage and screen actress, also known pro fessionally as Joy Le Fleur, was found dead in her apartment on Wednesday, clad in a nightgown. A coroner's spokesman said that toxicological tests and mic roscopic study was routine in such cases where death appear ed to be from natural causes but had not been definitely pinned down in the regular autopsy. Meanwhile, detectives had founa nothing in their investi gation of the possibility in ternational Russian intrigue could have played a part in her death due to her acquaint ance with a former Soviet agent in Canada. The possibility of Red intrigue being connected with the death was raised after detectives said it was learned she was acquaint 2 with the former Soviet intel ligence agent several years ago. Detectives said friends report led she returned here last month (from Toronto and said she had Seen questioned by the Russian "(ambassador to Canada on the Thereabouts of the former agent fho had defected to the West. It also was reported she had complained of anonymous tele--phone threats after (attending a party of the international set in Canada. However, her twin sons, who 'Sew here from Canada, discoun ted these rumors. Anthony and Henri La Fleur 22, declared their mother never had been connect (d with international politics. O (tD CHOICE Columbus, Ohio (IP A 27-year-old car thief made a bad choice of autos Sunday night and was quickly picked up by police. The car he stole belonged to local FBI agents. their operations between 1936 and 1948 and those who got theirs after 1948. The dividing year is important because it marked the time when improved surgical techniques permitted the relatively safe taking of more than half a stomach. Among the pre-1948 patients who lost one-half of their stom achs, only 14 per cent lost 5 per cent or more of their preopera tive weight in the three years following the operation. But Harvey said this wasn't too good a way of measuring because many weight losses were not "harmful" but were "at times very beneficial." "A loss of weight from 200 pounds to 170 after operation would not be disturbing, but a drop from 100 to 95 might well be," he said. So he made these pre-1948 statistics more specific and found that only 2.1 per cent had weight losses which "disturbed" the doctors and only 1.6 per cent had "serious nutritional de fects." Then he made an identical statistical table for the patients after 1948. These patients gave up 60 to 75 per cent of their stomachs. During the first three years afterward, 31 per cent lost 5 or more per cent of the pre operative weights, 11.9 per cent had weight-losses which were medically disturbing and 6.3 per cent had "serious nutritional de fects." By removing part of the stomach the surgeon removes a proportionate part of the source of the gastric acids which in ex cessive amounts cause ulcers. He may also remove the part of the vagus nerve which incites the flow of these acids. In his recommendation, Har very recommended vagus remo val along with 50 per cent stomach removal, together with certain refinements in re-connecting stomach and intestinal tract. Pay Held Handicap In Hiring Adviser Washington W The State Department either can't pay enough or can't provide interest ing enough work to attract a top flight man to rerve as science adviser to Secretary of State John Foster Dalles. Although President Eisenhow er raid Dulles is going to appoint someone to help him handle the complicated scientific problems cropping up in diplomacy, three or lour men already have refus ed the job. The State Depart ment would not name them. The department also is plan ning to recruit a number of the scientists to serve as advisers at key embassies abroad. Present thinking is that they would be paid between S12.600 and $17.-000. ffonnio otf Food 3 OFF t your grocers now kind of "gang intoxication" may set in that will cause all of them to do things which none of them would do on his own. This is particularly true of pre-adoles-cents. In meting out discipline for group misbehavior it is im portant to enforce the principle of "collective responsibility." Trying to single out the child who "started" it will only make him a hero to the others. 3. Some conduct thct parents find very annoying for exam ple, the "emancipation acro batics" of the teen-ager is a "waste by-product of normal de velopment." The parent must set limits and enforce them, brt he should also remember that "growing up is a process of find ing things out the hard way and necessarily involves a lot of foolishness." 4. Any child will misbehave if he is "frustrated too long in any normal need." Moving around, making a little noise and letting off steam is a normal need. That's why a child who is cooped up in a car for a long trip, or who has to mind his manners through a long com pany dinner, often goes off the gold standard with a vengeance. 5. Misbehavior may be a child's way of communicating normal worries or troubles that he can't put into words. For example, a child who is jealous of a new born brother often bids for par ental attention by acting like a baby himself. Punishing a child for "acting out" his feelings in this way usually worsens the trouble. Instead, "let him know that you are getting his signal and are, ready to help him." 6. When a child is under heavy strain, or is confronted with demands that he cannot meet, he may resort to misbe havior as a gesture of "psycho logical self-preservation." Being "bad" helps him to live with his own inner tensions. It's a safety-valve for him and a warn ing to you to ease the pressure on him. 7. Sometimes misbehavior is a symptom of real emotional ill ness neurotic fears, anxieties and conflicts that are far below the level of the child's own con sciousness. Unlike the other six kinds of "normal" misbehavior, this is potentially serious. It may require professional help. ........... " ' . . W 1 1 W . . . . . .J , behavior that is symptomatic of j emotional illness. 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