Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
HONOR YOUR CHILDREN
SAYS HELEN WARE
Evils of Modern Life, Deceit and Dis
honesty, Due to Parents Tyrannous
Training of Children.

Honor your father and your mother-ths
has been the injunction that parents have too.
often and too long held threat over their
offspring. Honor your children-such re-
versal of the Fourth Commandment observed
by parents would do more good in the world,
in my opinion, than a tyrranizing assertion of
parental authority. 1t is we'll for children to
honor their parents-when they deserve such
honor. But parents should first seek to merit
this by their treatment of their children We
may talk about the evils OF modern life, of
deceit and dishonesty in business, politics and
the domestic relations: but these evils can't be
eradicated until the source is removed and
the source is In the home. Men are what their
parents have made them Cowardice. treachery
and dishonesty in life invariably develop from
seed sown in the child lfe"
Miss Helen Ware, who has distinguished
herself by her characterizations in dramas OF
modern life was sitting in the reception room
of her suite in the Vendig last evening. Miss
Ware had been discussing the problems of
modern life as atfording material for drama
and the conversation turned from marriage to
the relation of parent and child Miss Ware
whose personality is magnetic as it is em-
phatic, Is trenchantly direct in her opinions
Life to Miss Ware is a serious thing.
In life" she declared, the absolutely
greatest INllSS are truth ana justice. All
evils, all problems, exist in the lack of
truth and Justice. To get down to funda-
mentals, this applies to business. politics, the
relations of men and women the inequalities
expressions and wrongs of our social and
economic life And 10 get to the cause of
untruth injustice dishonesty, lying and deceit
we must go right to the home where the child
Is reared. Spare the rod and spoil ahe child
Is the very command which has spoiled char
acter and spoiled life. If we want to correct
abuse we must correct the cause. and We must
therefore, correct parents.
Fear is the fundamental evil, the original
sin. i'll human life. Now children are taught
to fear their parents, and later to fear their
teachers. Fear makes towards. Punishment
is the cause of misdong and crime If. in
stead Of threatening children. parents cncour-
aged them always to tell the truth without
FEAR OF punishment there would be less wrong
doing in the world today. II parents honored
their children there would be more honor
among men.
what is the condition in the average home?
enid Is restricted by rigid rules. 1t is trained
10 see only the parents point of view The
tather and mother never consider the chlld's
point or view. The child, in playing accl-
denta!!y breaks a vase or has some rnishap
1t Is then scotded hogged. The result il
rh"t the chlld' instead of admitting trivial |
lh'Saoihss begins TO lie. 1t blames whatever |
accidents happen the servant the dog or |
the cat That child continues to lie through |
NE Into the plastic nature OF tn, immature
De"s tue element OF fear has been implanted. /
ana with tear, deceit and cowardtcc. An I'm.
later kindnesses of life will not eliminate thar
poison III the character
child should never be punished ,youId
never scold child, Now if Won don't e,o,,
mat III spank YOU how often do w.
near this? child should never be Threatened
a child should never be visited with outbursts
81 temper scoded and whipped as the aver
age child is, it cannot but develop bullying
and untruthfuI nature
Reforms are not made spontaraousIv mr.
nlraeulousIy- in political affairs or b,-
nan lives We are all what We have grown to
'e and our children will be what we train
hem to be, The great reform To be- accom-
'lshed in modern life is that Of unthinkinr
lnsympathetic, ignorant parents Parents
must learn to be considerate of their children
o respect their children, TO he able To nur
themselves in their childreu's place and seq ms
heir children see They must love and toIo-
ate. and not fri-hten and iutimidate. They
hould make children feel that even if tbey