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Whose Mother Considers: Actually a child whose mother considers him an "eating problem" may be eating as much as he needs under the circumstances. A child's preferences for certain foods and for certain times, places, and modes of . eating may be right for the particular child. The parents' attention should usually be directed toward the other poor habits of which lack of appetite is a symptom.
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
After school, on their way home the child asked timidly, "Mother, chocolate malted?" and looked up at her mother beseechingly.
"No pea soup, no chocolate malted," her mother answered firmly.
At home the mother began to prepare dinner. The child stayed around, asked for water and got it. Seeing that she was going to get nothing else, she went to play quietly with her blocks. Sitting on the Floor she put the blocks one on top of another forming a tower and then suddenly she smashed them down on the floor. She did the same thing five times, perhaps as an expression of aggression that she dared not even feel toward her mother.
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