The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-05-18

of like with like" 1t is just here
that one of the greatest dangers
threaten the boy, and wise are the
parents who know how to control
the situation without doing a
wrong to either boy-the boy out
side may be no worse or he may
be better than the one inside. The
parents of both should know the
other and together if possible, or
separately each try to help, not
only their own boy but the other
as we'll. While there are dangers
of this gang instinct the opportu-
mites for helping the boy are
many. There are some things the
boy learns through the gang which
he can learn in no other way. 1t
develops leadership and nowhere
else can boy learn the brother
hood of man. Out among his
peers he goes to give and take and
20 mitigate his own selhshness
When the gang spirit appears it is
better to cooperate with it rather
than obstruct it, it only needs the
wise leadership of an older person,
for boys at adolescence; a man is
preferable. However, women
have been known to change mau-
rauding gang into q band with g
useful purpose. One writer says
that boys are as good as the homes
they come from, which is not say
ing all boys are as good as their
mothers. Sometimes fathers are
not credit to their sons. 1t is
the fathers duty to share his boys
Joys. The father should hunt, fish,
swim and read with his boy. The
father, who takes long strolls in
the woods with his boy or goes out
camping with him forms a bond of
attachment that will never break.
The establishment of gang head
quarters at home would be a great
event. Here. with the father
taken into secret he could help plan
those daring raids and quill the
I safety valve by entering into the
true spirit of them.
The growing boy is trimming
over with exaberant life. One
writer says, when God Almighty
made man he made him significant,
but when he made the first boy he
made him interesting. He fur
Their said, if God made man out of
dust, he surely made man out of
electricity. 1t is the electricity
that constitutes the boy problem.
The boy is all alive and alive all
the time. The failure to keep
boys occupied in thought and ac-
ton is one of our greatest crimes.
He should have piled up regular
engagements of work and play so
that he can just find time to eat
and sleep. Now how can this be
done? You, who live on the farm
ought to be thankful you have
such chores for your boy to do as
chopping the wood, driving the
cows to water, feeding pigs, etc.
these tasks mean much in the home
life of the restless boy. They give
him an interest and a share in the
domestic life. The country boy
has the advantage of the hills and
fields in which to play, but often
he thinks they are too common for
him and we find around old barns,
where others have congregated, to
smoke or play cards. We shall
save our boys when we are willing
to share their life with them.
There's a motto among the Ger
mans, saying, come let us live
with our shildren." In Sparta,
when a boy committed crime his
father was punished. Fathers and
mothers should ask themselves
these questions: Are all of the
boy of our neighborhood receiv-
ing mental, ply steal and social de-
velopment9 What can we do to
help them? It's good father or
mother who looks after their own
but better one who would save
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