When You Talk to a Child
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When introduce to a five year old child, many adults show than uneasiness observable otherwise only when a well-fed man is confronted with a tiger on half rations. Time and again have been amazed to see how inept many otherwise competent people become when they encounter a live child.
Some of our acquaintances, for instance, are struck speechless when we introduce our young nephew. But far more a problem are the garrulous adults who insist upon ‘the little darling’ leaving us with a youngster who requires an hour of heavy handling before he becomes a reasonably civilized creature once more.
Don’t talk baby talk! In spite of the fact that you know better you probably do it more often that you think. It is an insult to anyone to be taunted with his own imperfect speech. The child wants to learn your way of speaking, not to see how well you can imitate and mock his infantile pronunciation.
Don’t try to be silly. When confronted with a child, most adults are silly enough, without deliberately using silliness as a form of entertainment to cover their in ability to deal with the situation. Say that you have to say to the youngster. And then stop.
Children can be fun, a pleasure to themselves and to all they meet. They can be also a source of embarrassment and annoyance, of humiliation and man’s deepest grief. They want earnestly, to learn to live in an adult world; they look up at all grownups, therefore, to teach them how to achieve this goal. It is inescapable responsibility of every adult to do all that he can to help each child he meets in his effort to achieve maturity.
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