Neurotics, Failures Linked With Lack of Co-operation
Dr. Alfred Adler, well-known Viennese psychologist, blamed lack of parental co-operative social training for many of our present-day neurotics and failures. It was the opinion of Dr. Adler last night, speaking at the Happiness Clinic, 37 W. 49th st., Manhattan, that the pampered child is in just as difficult a position in life as the physically unfit child.
"The pampered child is apt to think only in terms of himself and to look upon the world about him as a hostile country. This attitude is brought on largely because the parents have not taught the child to contribute to life," said the speaker. It is the opinion of Dr. Adler that there is not a single task in our lives that does not demand co-operation.
Unwanted or hated children were also among those listed as destined to failure, he said, due to the fact that they, too, have never learned co-operation or friendship.
The speaker, in expanding his topic, "Individual Psychology," declared that he sees our schools as the hope of mankind. "It is the teachers who must become the leaders of the future and it is the school that must become the bridge between the family and the social life," he said.
Dr. Julie Stevenson, chairman of the evening, who introduced the guest speaker, is the founder of the Happiness Clinic, which opened Dec. 1. It is the aim of the clinic to promote health, hope and happiness among those who feel that they are unequal to the task of carrying their mental burdens. An invitation is extended to the public to attend at any time as the clinic is to be a permanent institution and is open daily.
Fuente: "Neurotics, Failures Linked With Lack of Co-operation", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, 16 December 1929, p. 7, cols. 2-3, unsigned. Transcribed from the page image at fultonhistory.com (Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle 1929 a Grayscale - 3947), rendered at 300 dpi; the platform OCR (and the normalized transcription based on it kept in the materials, which leaves the first line of the headline unread and misreads "it is the school" and "chairman of the evening, who introduced the guest speaker") was used only for orientation. The whole piece is legible. The rest of the page is omitted.