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Henry s. - John should take
the trip away from home.
Louise S. - It is too much
for the first time.
Henry S. - My wife and I
have been having a major
argument concerning our 12-
i-edr-oid son, John. The boy
has a slight physical handicap
as a result of a childhood ill
ness and, therefore, has been
a bit overprotected.
I think it is time for him
to get away from us a bit and
see that he can make it on
his own. My sister, who lives
in another state, has invited
him to spend two weeks with
her family. She has a son a
little older than John.
My wife thinks this is too
much of an undertaking for
John's first trip away from
home. He would have to
travel by bus for three days.
I feel it would do the boy
good and he wants so much
to go!
Louise S. - Yes, John tells
his dad he wants to go be
cause he wants to show him
he isn't afraid of anvthine.
But when he is with me, he
shows how frightened he is.
He keeps asking what would
happen if he got car sick and
what should he do if his
cousin expects him to keep
up with his physically.
I agree that it is time for
John to start being a little
more independent, but why
should he have to take such
a big step for the first time
in his life? He hasn't slept
away from home for a single
night.
I'm ready to break down
and let John go to a nearby
camp next summer. But he
Swindler Must
Be Immoral to
Be Successful
Washington - (Science Serv
ice) - A swindler, no matter
how fantastic the personality,
wealth, titles and distinctions
he has invented for himself, is
not mentally deranged, Dr.
Edward Podolsky of Brook
lyn, N.Y., a psychiatrist, has
concluded from a long series
of studies.
The swindler, he says, is
what a psychiatrist would call
a psychopathic personality, or
socipath. He is suffering from
a character disorder. He is
morally deficient in all social
values that make for effective
and socially useful living.
As a rule the swindler is
successful because he can read
the mind of his victim, Dr.
Podolsky reported in the Med
ical Annals of the District of
Columbia. The swindler feels
confident of his ability to in
fluence his victim's thinking.
This is accomplished by dim
ming the common sense and
judgment of the victim.
Arouses Greed
The swindler, arouses and
stimulates the greed of his
dupe with such consummate
skill that the victim's con
science, logic, common sense
and judgment are completely
overwhelmed.
Thus the swindler is able
to gain control of the con
science of the victim. He takes
advantage of the fact that
there is a little bid of greed
in everyone's character and
almost everyone is on the
lookout for a big financial
scoop, a quick and easy profit.
After a swindle it is the
victim, not the swindler, who
is likely to have a feeling of
guilt. This realization that
they themselves are not free
from guilt keeps many vic
tims from complaining to the
authorities. The swindler can
then pursue his career with
very little interference.
Elements Listed
A long series of studies of
the behavior of swindlers
have revealed to psychiatrists
some of the elements that are
part of the psychic constitu
tion of the swindler:
1. Inability to postpone.
When the swindler wants
something, he wants it with
out delay. He does not stop
to consider consequences and
so is not deterred by what
might deter the normal per
son. 2. Ineffective consideration
of consequences.
3. Insufficient learning
from experience.
1. D i s p r o portionate r e
sponsiveness. 5. Emotions very often dom
inate intellect. In this way,
as in others, he is immature.
6. Devaluation of reality.
7. Disregard for truth.
8. Insufficient social valu
ation. Thr,
swindler is more sen-
centered than the normal in-! iew York State is the lead
dividual. His mental process--i ine industrial slate in the
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car tn behave in a less
mature fashion man
others,
He has a total disregard for
others. The swindler is com
pletely absorbed in the im
mediacy of his activities.
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should be near enough for us
to be able to see him on week
ends.
The Council: A long, un
accompanied bus trip does
sound like a large order for
a boy who has never been
away from home and who evi
dently lacks confidence. But
many children of John's age
do take longer trips and are
much the better for it
Henry and Louise overlook
the most important factor in
this situation. The final de
cision must be up to John.
If John really wants this
trip he will be able to
strengthen himself psychologi
cally for it. Even if he should
get cold feet and change his
mind at the last moment
something would be gained.
He would probably regret his
last-minute panic and promise
nimself that next time he will
keep up his courage.
We definitely agree that
John should be encouraged to
get away from his parents for
a short period. Every child
has a certain amount of anx
iety about whether or not he
can do without his parents.
The only way he can build
up self-confidence is by doing
it occasionally. This is par
ticularly important for a boy
like John, whose slight handi
cap may make him feel more
helpless and dependent than
other children.
As things stand, John is be
ing tossed back and forth on
his parents' waves of feeling.
He knows his father would
like him to be stronger and
more manly and his mother
fears for his well-being, so he
goes from one parent to the
other, revealing the feelings
each expects of him.
He should be made to feel
that both parents have great
confidence in him, but that
they aren't trying to push him
beyond the limits he really
wants to go. If he can get
this sense of being his own
man, he will be on the road
toward coping with the big
ger problems of adolescence
that lie ahead.
(Copyright 1960. General
Features Corp.)
Two Baffling
Problems Solved
By Scientists
Rehovoth, Israel - (Science
Service) - Two problems that
have baffled scientists for
generations have been solved
by mathematicians at the
Weizmann Institute of Science
here.
One is the theoretical deter
mination of ocean tides; the
second is the calculation of
the earth's resonance fre
quency. Two famous French mathe
maticians, Laplace and Poin
care, tried in the late 18th
and early 20th centuries to
find a formula for the tides.
Prof. Chaim Leib Pekeris,
head of the institute's depart
ment of applied mathematics,
has now produced the answer.
Solution Found
His comprehensive solution
was possible only because of
recent development of elec
tronic computers. Prof. Pe
keris and an assistant found
a theoretical solution for the
height of the tide .at any port
in the world that agrees well
with actual measurements.
Prof. Pekeris, with Dr. Zip
orah Alterman and Hand Jar
osch, also calculated theoreti
cally the resonance frequency
of the earth. Their solution
was confirmed by observa
tions made during the Chilean
earthquake in May, 1960, and
is expected to prove impor
tant in detective nuclear ex
plosions and seismic disturb
ances. Resonance Frequency
Resonance frequency occurs
when a body is "excited" and
emits a natural tone and over
tones, as when a tumbler is
struck by a spoon. The larger
the body, the lower the pitch.
The earth's resonant fre
quency is so low it is in
audible, but it can be detect
ed by the seismic instruments
that record earthquakes.
Prof. Pekeris and his as
sociates found that the first
frequency of the earth is 53.4
minutes and the first over
tone 35.6 minutes. During the
Chilean earthquake the theor
ies of the Weizmann Institute
group were checked against
measurements made by U.S.
scientists at California In
stitute of Technology and the
University of California at
Los Angeles.
All the seismic records tal
lied with the theories, except
for very small differences.
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