Morale on the School Front
1944; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 37; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00220671.1944.10881277
ISSN1940-0675
Autores Tópico(s)Child and Adolescent Health
ResumoToday finds us all living in a world at war?one that has been aptly termed a war of nerves. Commentators discuss phases of this psychological warfare which is being waged on all fronts. Like ail wars, the effects can not be relegated to a battlefield but spread out in ever-widening circles until they encompass the entire world of man?invading his home and his family, his church, his business, his community life. Problems of adjustment that are a part of all dynamic living are intensi fied and become more unwieldy. Family life is quite often disrupted. Adult attention is focused on problems that seem more important than little Johnny's jealousy and little Mary's nail-biting. A quick sharp slap is easily administered and adult tensions are thus cared for. The children feel this increased nervous tension. Their sense of security is shaken. But the chil dren, too, must carry on. If they are of school age then to school they must go^ Their world is changing so rapidly that these children are in serious need of the type of help that will promote their adjustment. Now, as never before, our schools are challenged to develop a more effective preventive mental hygiene program. Morale on the school front is the great need of today's children. What can we do about it? the teachers cry. Of course we know we have problems. And every day we can see them multiply and become more serious. But what can we doV
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