Yet what training have most of us had in this all-important work? Instead of using scientific methods in our contact with the most delicate mechanism in the world-a child's mindwe often use methods that do irreparable injury. What chance would a fine Swiss watch have if, knowing nothing about watchmaking, we tried to adjust it with a hatchet and a crowbar? As absurd as that may seem, thousands of loving parents with their whole beings wrapped up in their children's welfare are using methods fully as unsuited-fully as dangerous and harmful. For a child's mind needs far more intelligent care than the most delicate watch ever made. And very often the method we use to correct one bad habit is the very cause of other bad habits which can easily wreck the entire life of the child. Where We Go Wrong The trouble 'in the past has been that when a child is disobedient, untruthful or "naughty," we punish the child for exhibiting that symptom. What we should do is to attack the cause. Not by punishment, but by co-operation. When we attack the symptoms instead of the cause, we very often irritate the cause instead of removing it. Millions of children are deceitful because the parents in trying to overcome some other bad habit have caused them to be deceitful. Who Is To Blame? When a child is straightforward, obedient and willing-when it is courageous, generous and fine in every way, it is that way because the parent made it so. And the reverse is equally true. When a child is untruthful, selfish and disobedient, it is not the fault of the child but of the parent. You can make your children what you will. Character is nothing more than a set of established habits. Whether these habits are good or bad depends on the parent. The parent has no one but himself to blame for the conduct of his offspring, not only when young, but throughout life. a wonderful commentary on the intelligence DO YOU KNOW HOW to instruct children in the to correct mistakes of to keep child from crying? to teach child instantly to to suppress temper in chil- to succeed with child of to discourage the "Why" to prevent quarreling and to cure impertinence? Dis- to teach punctuality? of the average parent that they have done as well But now, for the first time, there is constructive The principle upon which this association was founded is that in dealing with children confidence is the basis of control. Professor Ray C. Beery, A.B., M.A. (Harvard and Columbia), the founder of the Association, after years of exhaustive research and practical experience, has created a complete Course in Child Training, endorsed by leading educators everywhere, which is available to members of the Association. This course is unlike anything that has ever gone before. Instead of dealing in generalities, it is intensely definite and practical, and tells the parent exactly what to do in each individual case to produce immediate and permanent results. It is meant for the modern busy parent of children from the cradle to 18 years of age. The "Case" Method The method used by Professor Beery in his Course in Child Training is essentially the same as that now used in teaching the law, except, of course, that it is condensed and remarkably easy to apply. Instead of devoting pages to a theoretical discussion of the various traits and habits which are to be The Parents Association, Inc. Dept. 15-B, 449 Fourth Avenue, New York City cured, Professor Beery shows in each instance exactly how some other parent in the same situation has applied his methods to secure results. For instance, suppose your child is aged four, and is afraid of the dark. All you have to do is look up this trait in the index for children of that age and then turn to the proper page. Here you will find in detail an example of how some other parent cured a child of this fear through Professor Beery's methods. No other teacher of child training has ever attempted to handle the subject in such a practical, easy to apply way. It means that in addition to a constructive, thoroughly organized system of child training, you have the daily help you need to overcome all undesirable characteristics as they develop. Personal Service In addition to the complete Course in Child Training, by Professor Beery, members of the Parents Association enjoy many other equally worthwhile benefits such as the privilege of personal consultation through the mail with Professor Beery on any particularly vexing child training problem, exchange of experiences of other members through the Association's Bulletin which is issued regularly; free Purchase Service, which enables you to buy children's books at publisher's prices, advice as to schools, camps, etc. But we have not the space here to give the whole wonderful story. Free Book Explains All 'New Methods in Child Training" is the title of a 24-page illustrated booklet which describes the work of the Association and explains Professor Beery's remarkable Course in Child Training. It also contains letters from members outlining the astonishingly satisfactory results they have secured through these New Methods. 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