are inclined to be too expressive emotionally? Who show too little emotional
expression? How would you classify yourself in this respect?
- Are you naturally responsive to the emotional tone of others; that is, are you
sympathetic? Are you easily affected by reading emotional books? By emotional
plays or other appeals? What is the danger from overexciting the emotions
without giving them a proper outlet in some practical activity? - Have you observed a tendency among adults not to take seriously the
emotions of a child; for example, to look upon childish grief as trivial, or fear as
something to be laughed at? Is the child's emotional life as real as that of the
adult? (See Ch. IX, Betts, "Fathers and Mothers.") - Have you known children to repress their emotions for fear of being laughed
at? Have you known parents or others to remark about childish love affairs to the
children themselves in a light or joking way? Ought this ever to be done? - Note certain children who give way to fits of anger; what is the remedy? Note
other children who cry readily; what would you suggest as a cure? (Why should
ridicule not be used?) - Have you observed any teacher using the lesson in literature or history to
cultivate the finer emotions? What emotions have you seen appealed to by a
lesson in nature study? What emotions have you observed on the playground that
needed restraint? Do you think that on the whole the emotional life of the child
receives enough consideration in the school? In the home?