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
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life of Physicians and Surgeons
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ith 1,068 persons who gave up
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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
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The 43-year-old stage and
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A coroner's spokesman said
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Meanwhile, detectives had
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ternational Russian intrigue
could have played a part in
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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.
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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.
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Washington W The State
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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.
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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.
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behavior that is symptomatic of j
emotional illness. I
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