Games People Played

From early childhood, I remember playing games with the older children, enjoying their attention and at the same time learning to play fairly. If a good attitude was not shown, I was ostracized from the game. The desire to be included in the group was so great that I soon learned to abide by the rules. This was an early conditioning in fair play. With pressure from my siblings to live up to an ideal, it was readily accepted. In this way as in many others, the younger members of our family molded themselves according to the feedback of the older ones.