Making Friends Under Ten

One need not take courses in child psychology or spend time studying in order to make friends with and influence children. As sincerity is quite necessary in winning adult friends , so it is in making friends with children. Children readily detect any studied effort to please them and are perhaps among the first to notice sham or pretense, for their experiences have trained them to watch for the first signs of insincerity. Conversely, one should not be too stiff with them, for they are interesting individuals well worth knowing, though you may have to make the first few advances. Informality and sincerity are the two major points to remember in dealing with children

The Iowa Homemaker vol.18, no.8

Follow the Leaders by Marian Weinel, page 1 Calling on a Kitchen by Lydia Cooley, page 2 We’re Throwing Bouquets by Alvina Iverson, page 3 Home Economics on the Air by Jane Stallings, page 4 Food for Thought by Ruth Dahlberg, page 5 Style for Everybody by Katherine Dodds, page 6 Making Friends Under Ten by Virginia Schweiker, page 7 What’s New in Home Economics edited by Marjorie Pettinger, page 8 Up-to-Date Dates by Betty Davis, page 10 School Marm for Six Weeks by Ruth Howie, page 11 Give Your Wardrobe Nine Lives by Ethel Overholt, page 12 Spreads Via Ingenuity by Marian Gutz, page 13 Behind Bright Jackets edited by Winnifred Cannon, page 14 Textile Wise? By Betty Feyder, page 14 Alums in the News by Grace Strohmeier, page 15 Tables Don Fine Feathers by Margaret Thomas, page 16 Keeping Posted by the editor, page 1

Making Friends Under Ten

One need not take courses in child psychology or spend time studying in order to make friends with and influence children. As sincerity is quite necessary in winning adult friends , so it is in making friends with children. Children readily detect any studied effort to please them and are perhaps among the first to notice sham or pretense, for their experiences have trained them to watch for the first signs of insincerity. Conversely, one should not be too stiff with them, for they are interesting individuals well worth knowing, though you may have to make the first few advances. Informality and sincerity are the two major points to remember in dealing with children.</p

The Iowa Homemaker vol.18, no.8

Follow the Leaders by Marian Weinel, page 1 Calling on a Kitchen by Lydia Cooley, page 2 We’re Throwing Bouquets by Alvina Iverson, page 3 Home Economics on the Air by Jane Stallings, page 4 Food for Thought by Ruth Dahlberg, page 5 Style for Everybody by Katherine Dodds, page 6 Making Friends Under Ten by Virginia Schweiker, page 7 What’s New in Home Economics edited by Marjorie Pettinger, page 8 Up-to-Date Dates by Betty Davis, page 10 School Marm for Six Weeks by Ruth Howie, page 11 Give Your Wardrobe Nine Lives by Ethel Overholt, page 12 Spreads Via Ingenuity by Marian Gutz, page 13 Behind Bright Jackets edited by Winnifred Cannon, page 14 Textile Wise? By Betty Feyder, page 14 Alums in the News by Grace Strohmeier, page 15 Tables Don Fine Feathers by Margaret Thomas, page 16 Keeping Posted by the editor, page 17</p