Nail-Biting Seen as Sign of Troubled Mind
Nail biting is described as a symptom of a troubled mind reflecting fear in a child’s life. The piece notes children who exhibit the habit often face underlying life stressors and fear.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
13
Nail biting is described as a symptom of a troubled mind reflecting fear in a child’s life. The piece notes children who exhibit the habit often face underlying life stressors and fear.
The article urges parents and professionals to explore a child’s background and emotional triggers for nail biting. It recommends non punitive, supportive methods, daily encouragement, and practical steps like manicure care to restore touch sensitivity and confidence.
Our hands are the gateway to intelligence and peace of mind. Address anxiety by understanding its cause and seek professional help if possible. Punishment deepens trouble. gentle encouragement aids growth. Dr Patri offers a multiplication aid leaflet P-5 for 5 cents and a stamped return envelope.
A new gibbet replaces a 400 year old one on Inkpen Beacon where highwaymen were hanged. The old gibbet was removed and a fresh structure installed to continue the landmark punishment display in this rural area.
Northern Ireland and British merchants protest low fare day trips from England to Dublin run by British Railways. Visitors return with foods scarce in England, hurting small shopkeepers who warn the practice could cost merchants thousands of pounds this summer.
After a running gun fight at sea Italian patrols captured an armor plated smuggling launch. It carried cigarettes valued at about 40000 dollars and was taken to a port for seizure and investigation.
Washington reports Congressman Robert Hale of Maine has long written poetry and stories. His verse gained wider notice after a New Yorker piece titled Il Penseroso on Capital Hill appeared signed Robert Hale MC. Hale, who also writes prose, published a 1944 New Yorker story about a hunting trip.
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