The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-03-10
PARENTS as EDUCATORS
Developing Good Judgmen, in Chill.


dren
Much n the incfficicncy through.
out the business world today Is d.
rectly due 90 the lack Of proper
early training IN the home. No
buhinees system or course IN sales
manship and technique can ever
quite overcome the habits and mind
doyelopmont acquired while the in
divldaal was passing through child
hood and the most impressionablc
year Of his existence.
One Monday morning | discover
ed that ] was out Of laundry soap
because Jennie. our laundrcss, had
not reported the fact before she
left the previous week There was
just time for Robert 10 20 20 the
store before school. Get five bars
of VI H. Laundry Soap" | told
him as he started or. Meanwhile
Jennie sat around waiting. all be-
cause she hadn't told me about the
empty soap box the week before.
However, while this fact Is not ex-
actly the point ] am making IN this
article, yet nevertheless Il proves
that Jennie had not been taught 20
use judgment when she was small
But 20 20 back 20 Robert. In the
course Of time he appeared In the
kitchen with empty hands. | had
told him 20 get NJ b Laundry Soap
but the store had none, and al
though the grocer wanted him 10
bring the next best he decided not
% spend his money for something
] hadn't told him 70 get. Now Rob
crt II nine years old, and he knew
that the washing could not begin
until We had the soap. But there
we're only twenty minutes between
then and school time, so ! Dispatch
ed Jennie herself for the soap and
used ten minutes in trying to im-
press upon Robert when not 10 con
form % implicit obedience. | show
ed him how 90 reason that the
washing was soaking. And that
there wasn't any soap in the house.
Jennie was waiting. The clothes
had TO be washed. And 10 get them
Glenn we must use soap.
Now II would have been much
easier to have said, ooh, Robert,
run along 10 school; you do use
such poor judgment" But some
day Robert Is going 20 work for an
employer. And that employer will
not always be on hand TO tell him
what 20 do with the right kind Of
material Is not available. That en-
pl0ycr will hire him for that very
purpose, namely 90 do his thinking
for him and take some Of the re-
sponsibllity Of his department. We
can't always get the kind OF SOAP
we ask for In this world, and we
must make quick decisions and wise
ones in choosing the next best
thing.
But was rewarded the very next
week. The soap ordeal made its inn
preston on Robert.
One evening Daddy" tclephoncd
out that he was bringing home a
guest for supper My first thought
was, "No bread" SO sent Robert
10 the store for two loaves Of bread.
But II was late in the day, and the
store had nothing left but graham
bread. Robert walked out and
started home. then he reflected
actually reflccted--as | had sug-
in the house. A guest was due.
cVHl'tnlnE III tnf Uhtuft OF DTeun
food was necessary. So he return
ed TO the store and said he would
take the graham bread. 1.-TWO
oaves7" asked the grocer. Again
Robert used his brains. Our fam
ily does not care for graham bread
SO we would not want any left over
for the next day, and he came home
with one loaf. 7 wag 80 pleased I
could have Rugged him for Joy n
J hadn't been in such dreadful
hurry % get hasty meal pre-
pared. But the next day had
nice talk with Robert. and found
that he had reasoned about the
bread question Just as | have in
dicated above, and he said, Mother.
would have come home without
any bread and the store would have
been closed before you could send
ne back, II It had not been for
he SOAP"
How I did feel repaid for taking |
hat few minutes on a busy Mon |
lay morning to explain how TO use
rood judgmenti Il