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Four Minute Essays By Dr. Frank Crane: 101 total pages.

Perhaps the worst misfortune that can happen a person is to be infested with germs of fear, to lack decision and self-confidence, to be a prey to the terrors of morbidity and doubt of self. Who can tell the mortal pain, shame, and self-torture of the innumerable victims of chronic fear? Frequently parents are responsible for this. A boy, for instance, develops some in-born trait of waywardness; he is untruth­ful, will not apply himself, is careless, dis­obedient, or persists in keeping bad com­pany; the parent naturally tells him of his fault, and, as it seems to do no good, drops into a constant practise of scolding. Over and over the boy is reminded that he is "bad," that he will never amount to anything, and so on. This finally filters in the 46 FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS child's subconsciousness, and then the irre­trievable damage; for when he comes to be­lieve in his sub-mind that he is bad, he is bad. Why not try to find the CAUSE of your child's defects and remove it? When you KNOW that blame and reproof do no good, why go on? We

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