New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
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SASg6ES crimes, and almost all the mistakes
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ID1EIN committed by the generation for
BsVT0NMlJ which he is Immediately responsible
lOINElMI But he-Or she; for IT IS mostly
WIEs4(9IW through womcn's organizations that
NSs%JV it is being donc-iS becoming aware
NN4I/ of his limitations in performance,
~ NA a. and all over the COuntrya determined
W - war is being wagcd upon the Sothful
\" parent.
0IO Seeing that it is as yet impracti-
cable to commit even the worst cases
of stupidity in parenthood to proper institutions TOR
their Improvement clubs are Sprlnglng up all over tc
land for the express purpose OF cornerng and edu-
eating parents with or without their consent. Many
parents go willingly to instruction. Witness the number
of Mothers Clubs, Congresses OF Mothers Fathers
and Mothers Clubs, etc Then there IS a great
institution for child study at Worcester, one Of the
forces that are turned almost directly on the parent
through the specialists it trains and the teachers II SENDS
out Our literature IS Saltcd with tins impetus 10 put
few grains Of imagination and sense into the tired parent
Nearly all stories written about children that appear IN
grown up peoples magazines are intended to throw
few sdeghts on these clever little beings whom we have
brought into the world and half the time regard
through a glass darkly.
As a member of one Of these organizations have
been Interested what forces we have and what
tremendous battery Of science good sense information
and philosophy we have at our disposal 10 luih Oh
when we see the whites Of their eycS-on the parents
with whom alternately sympathze attcr ALL am but
a parent, myself and scorn for their backwardncSs IN
the worlds progress.
there great conference lo OIlllN
fare under the auspices Of President Hall OF Clark nj
versitv For the last years has met at Worcester
This year is planning believe, TO meet in Chicago
AT these conferences where YOU hear the truth about
the parcnt-and not much good OF him, to be sure.
In fact this last year has been remarkable tor the
number Of conferences on child welfare in different parts
of the world: The National Congress Of Mothers IN
Denver in Iunc; the Child Welfare Conference at
Worcester later in the same month; the Home kduca-
ton Congress in Brussels in August; the Child Welfare
Exhibit in New York perhaps the largest exhibit Of
the forces being brought to bear that has yet been
shown in any country.
THE influences which at work upon the vast null
tulcs Of the citys children to quote from their pro
gram the opportunities and handicap through which
they gain miss health recreation vocational adjust
ment, civic training preparation for home making,
moral and spiritual Development all these things are
now being considered, and in own generation we
shall see it. the face of the world being changed from
pinchcd to gay The Playground Congress, the Ameri-
can Health Association, the international kindergarten
ASSociaon-a these organizations that under one
name or other aiming at the heart OF the parent
for the child is his most vulnerable spot.
From the parent who locks her child out at night as
corrective to the less numerous, but equally falacous
mother who her child every move and footstep