16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thuredey, Mey 18, 1967 CHILD GUIDANCE Chair-Sitting Punishment Raises Many Questions By GARRY C. MYERS, PhD | From the many letters I have) or bottom stair-step. :received from parents of young) children, it looks as if a good|same step, box or chair? number of them have been) | A.--No, it could be a low box! Q.--Should it always be the A.--Being the same may have) Immediately got an effective' spanking or paddling, that would really hurt. Q.--Would you hold or tie him in the chair? A.--Certainly not. Q.--Would you let him have a toy, book or TV. for amusement while in the chair? A.--No; he should sit there unamused, doing nothing. Q.--What if he sings to him- self, talks to himself or made jup imaginary yarns? A.--I would say nothing or do nothing then. Q. -- Suppose he cried or "gold" on chairsitting punish-|yirtue so he will not associate screamed or talked ugly to you ment. However, some ask ques- tions about it like these: jsitting in any chair with dis-| while 'serving a chair sentence? A.--I would be deaf then but Q. --At how early an age can| Q.--Suppose he didn't go tojhold him to serve the full time chair-sitting be effective? {the chair when told to.do so?|announced when he was sent to A. --As soon as the youngster} A.--I'd pick him up and put) the chair. has learned to respect the little|him there if he were small) Q.--Suppose two or more chil- word no and will stay where enough for me to do so. It is|dren were chair-sitting in the put. This may be around two or/doubtful- if chair-sitting would) same room? three, effective? A.--Up to 10 or 12. in? ;work well if it had not begun Q.--Up to what age may it be effectively before 5 to 6. | Q.--Suppose he got down right room. jaway or before his time were Q.--Must it be a chair he sits| up? | A.--I would make sure helserve time in his own room? A.--It is better, as a rule, for them not to chair-sit in the same Q.--Why would it not be bet- ter to send the youngster to A. -- There, especially the; A.--About 15 minutes for the young child, might find amuse- pects and get into further child 5 or 6, 40, 50 or 60 minutes Q.--Why not make him stand in a corner instead of sitting at a certain place? : A.--That would be unneces- sarily severe and hard to en- force. : Q.--Suppose while sitting for punishment the child wished to talk to you? A.--I would listen and reply as if nothing were unusual but. would refuse to talk about his offence or punishment. Q.--Why do you insist on a definite time for chair-sitting d at the beginning in- stead of saying, "Stay there till I tell you to get down?" A.--So the child will not be tempted to work on me to de- crease the time. Q.--Why is the use of the clock so important? A.--It has no feelings, never gets nervous, or has a head- ache, It ticks on and on, Q.--What are good periods of chair-sitting? child 2 or 3, 20 minutes for the for the youngster 10 or 12. Q. -- After spanking a tot would you also make him sit in a chair for the self-same offense? A.--No; I would hold to one type of punishment only and hope it would enable me to get along without spanking before the child entered school, Q. -- Before releasing the chair - sitting child on seeing from the clock his time was up, would you make him promise not to repeat the offense? A.--No. It would be a closed book then. ANSWERING QUESTIONS Q.--Is there a scarcity of physicists? A.--According to the Amer- ican Institute of Physics, Amer- beng colleges and universities |are not producing enough grad- juates in physics to meet the growing demands of education, |research and industry. World Hopping English Girls Like Canada Best WELLINGTON, N.Z, (CP) -- missed it for anything. 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