The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-03-28
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HAVE A SCORE CARD FOR
FATHER
BY Or. William A. Mekeever
University Of Kansas

University Of Kansas
| Let us see, Father, notice that you
pounce upon Jack and scold him
soundly whenever Mother reports that
he has brought home n school grade
card with n low mark or a failure on
it. Very well. Perhaps the boy needs
your jawing, perhaps not. But when
you get through with him, please call
him and Mother in and have them NIL
out card for you on the following
points:
/. Number of nights per week home
with the family.
2. Take family TO the movies with
reasonable frequency.
3, Attendance at church services.
4. Take the boy on an occasional
hike.
s. Abstinence from liquor and to-
bacco.
6. Interest In the boys hobby or
avocation.
4 7. Attention to the boys schooling
and lesson preparation,
/ s. Teach your son respect for the
( integrity OF good people. III
I 8. Teach your son saving and thrift.
| 10. Parental example OF patriotism.
! Grade each point on scale OF 100
and figure the average, Below 20 Is
failure.
This score card for fathers is pre-
pared with view to testing their
efficiency merely as guides and exam
Piles for their growing sons, and not
in any more general way.
In marking number one allow Father
Sunday night for church II he goes
and one night out at the club or lodge,
but hold him for the other Ave
| Grade well upon number two IN he
tries faithfully TO see that his boy en-
I joys about one good, clean motion pic
ture entertainment per week.
One faithful regular church atten-
dance per week should constitute n
passing grade, while two such would
be perfect.
Father may not be In position
personally TO go on many outings with
his son. but give him about So per cent
| II he seriously plans for the boy TO
receive the benefits OF the hikes under
competent leadership.
IL father requires his boy to abstain
faithfully from liquor and tobacco.
then grade him down on these points
with cold-hoarted justice, II he In
dulges in them
Every boy has a right 70 a hobby OF
his own and should be helped by faith
er in the enjoyment OF II.
a little timely assistance with the
boys most difficult school lessons and
frequent admonition ns TO show how
TO get along with the teacher and the
fellow pupils Is a reasonable standard
for point seven.
Through casual remarks, occasional
admonitions and his own personal Mt
titude regarding the matter. the busy
father may teach his boy the habit of
respect for the virtues OF ordinary men
and women. It pays in every sense OF
the word for us parents to hold fay-
orable opinion OF the common run OF
citizens about us, and II is our obllga
ton to teach this same optimism to
our children.
Not so much the amount OF money
Father earns but his manner Of using
1t will be emphasized here. Is he
merely scolding his boy for being
spendthrift and profiigate, or has he
a working plan OF thrift which he both
exemplincs in his own life and makes
W VI lllh hDlls
III you want cheerfulness In your
home, you must have sunshine and
genial hearts. Plan to live in the sun
shine; II there is a pleasant room in
your dwelling live there; II there is n
dark room. shut 1t up, keep the chill
dren out OF H. II you have troubles
shut them up there--never take them
into the family circle-give home the
sunniest thought and plans OF your
whole life. and fill II with love. JOY,
peace, gladness--s
True riches do not consist altogether
of money. A may may be rich and not
have dime In his pocket. or even n
pocket in which TO carry dime II he
had IT, A happy disposition and n
sound body is worth more than pure
gold, and clear head and good par
entage more than any amount OF
money that can be named The mag
nitudn of ones bank account IL an ex-
ceedingly poor means by which to de-
termine the genuineness and value of
ones possessions.