SEA ORGANIZATION

5 April 1978

FLAG ORDER 3168

NANNY HAT WRITE-UP

The following is an extract from a letter from Captain Mary Sue Hubbard in reply to a request for her Nanny Hat Write-Up. This is now issued as advice for use in the Sea Org in the handling of children:

  1. Maintain the schedule laid down. Young children actually do prefer order in their enviroment.

  2. Never punish children, but do run good 8-C and good control without any lower tone scale emotions and actions.

  3. Never force a child to eat; have an abundant supply of fruits rich in Vitamine C available for them to eat instead.

  4. A child's possessions are his own. Never enforce sharing if the child does not want to do so. Wih good 8-C, do enforce ownership if one child has taken the mest of another.

  5. Never use one child as an example for good or for bad to other children.

  6. Do answer a child's questions simply and with reality. If you do not know, do not give incorrect data; but say that you do not know.

  7. Treat a child as a being. Do not pretend to be infallible. If you have done something wrong, apologize. In other words, children can be right, too.

  8. Do not encourage children to tell tales. If they do, ask them how they have handled the situation. Encourage them to handle their own inter-personal relationships.

  9. Let a child help, but do not enforce its help.

  10. Keep small children busy doing something - but do not enforce such, just have things for them to do or play with. Encourage them to create things to do or to play.

That's about it - rather off the cuff, but the major points are there.

Love,
Mary Sue

CS-7
as approved by
CS-G
for
L. RON HUBBARD
COMMODORE

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