The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-03

neglected until the child reaches the !
age Of 8 or 9 years 1t is a rare thing /
that taese things will ever be iLcul |
Gated. Anarchy begins IN the home. !
ildrsn are not taught to respec
schools or courts or even the church.
They are not taught to Tespect their
supstiors. In fact mast OF them are
siyen TO understand that they have
no superiors. The teachers fault
land they all have them ara dis
cusssd, nagnitisd and condemned In
the home In the presence of the chill
dren,
According to statistics there are In
the United States 20 million Children
OF school age, I6 million Of whom are
re istered ia the schools Az has
beer stated these cbildIsn are not en-.
tered until from 8 to 8 years OF age
Only ons tenth OF the time OF such
child Is under the teachers influence
the remaining niue tenths being M
ier.th home environment. No mat
ter now conscientious the teacher or
how anxious 10 inculcate the prin
ciplss OF truth and Righteousness,
unless there is cooperation at home,
the teachers labor Is vain.
The school and the church are fine
aGjuncts but never a substitute for
home, nothing can substitute for 1t.
Then mnch of the teachers time
and energy is wasted In q weary en-
deavor to incnleate tie Christian vir.
tues taught In the Golden Rule etc
Many OF the children are taught both
by example and precep at home the
spirit OF retaliation and revenge.
Many are Instructed at home to have
nothing to do with certain other chill
dren, not because the otner children
are bad, but because their fathers
can run thru our cabbage patch or
some such thing. Now this is.hot an
over drawn picture OF some Of the
whims Of alleged parents. These
things actually exist. These chill
drens' tales OF woe about the teacher
are not Only listened to but encour'
,ged Children are sent to SchoC
3 It'll Instructions from these .
called parents, to report tn them |
the teacher punished or reprlmand
fem. No wonder we need tuvenil
tcourts aud all lhese modern and 81
tihcial methods for reforming chi
dren, The parents should he sent tt
the work mouse until they wsr
!, taught obedience. Children VIII
l have real parents don't need reform
ing because their forming has beei
done conscientiously.
a Reforming, means forming agaiT
The writer's father and mother,
10 like most OF the parents OF furme
" years, constituted ali the luvenll
courts, and furnished all tine Juvenil
). instructions that we're needed
-, While there is room for criticism {
= the sleroness If parents in form,
% days, much more $50 OF the lGnienC
Of the parents OF TODAY.
a II means more to be mother tina
4. to give Dir h to children or to be
n. father to beget them. In form,
days sewing and cooking WEI
caught at home by faithful, INTEL
gsnt mothers. Today they are sci
to school to be taught the"Arts ar
Sciences" Along these lines l a
" not much OF and optimist, but
~ Would rather be right than I'd bs &
" optiinlst or rather an olt imania
80 Most OF these alleged optimlsts a
On troubled with chronic oplimac
= they are crying Peace, peace, wht
10 thrTe is no peace.
90 In conclusion wish to say tn
"a th stability Of this or any other n
ton. does not depend upon its publ
i'm schools, but on its homes, II
re greatest menace that threatens mo
=. ern civilization il the departure fro
Il. the home life. Homes are made
h. Of individuals; counties, cities a