In addition to the ordinary things for which little ones are punished and chastized, like lying, stealing, cheating and back-talk, there are special Grils' matters. These are things that are only for girls

The idea of special issues about girls that needed chastizement goes back to Lady D'Arielle who identified them as a group of full-fledged traits of wayward girls. As part of preventing waywardness in girls, she proposed that they should be identified in Little Girls and singly when they were just starting to appear. At that early time, they could be prevented from taking root by continued vigilance and firm discipline. These things are about being feminine. They are

• BABYISHNESS: Girls are meant to be cute and adorable. However, they should not act like babies and cry all the time if they do not get their way or seem to be constantly in need of love, or feel that they have an automatic right to it.
• WHININESS: This means an attitude of always demanding things and pouting if you do not get every little thing you want.
• DISOBEDIENCE: It is proper for the Little Girl to do as she is told by a grownup without complaint, as long as what she is tol is not harmful or dangerous.
• OVERACTIVENESS: A girl is a girl, she is to avoid being to jumpy, loud or som other unfeminine thing. She is to sit quitely, play quitetly witouht yelling and screaming and not do things that will develop her body in an unflattering way.
• GOSSIPINESS: This is spreading rumors and carrying tales aobut others that may not be true or any of her business. If she is gossipy, whe well become a common scold when she grows up.
• FORWARDNESS: It is especially important for a girl to have manners and follw ettiquette. She should be reserved and demure. If she remains adorable, she will get wht is good for her and what she needs and wants. Who does not want to give a proper Little Girl on that one can?
• PROUD: This is by far the worst of all of these. It shows that the Little Girl is uncaring and self-absorbed. It is the hardest to put one's finger on and must be left to the discretion of the grownup. It deserves the harshed of all chastizements since it is spitting in the face of the one to whom you should be obedient. If it shows up more than three time in a year, or if it creates a serious incident, it is time to consider making your Little Girl into a complete rubber baby girl.

Here at RUFFLES & RIBBONS GIRLS' HOME these kinds of things get special chastizements, such as being kept in rubber anywhere from the weekend to a full week with some wetsies for good measure along with the usual immediate and nightly wetsies. If any of these become a continuing problem, we just might put the Little Girl in rubber forever