The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-23
PARENTS AS EDUCATORS
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Preparing Our Children for Citizen.
ship.
IN An WInrate Frary.l

tBy Alice WinRate Frary1
Our children are given regular
instruction IN citizenship at school,
but The best that can be- done for
them there VIII NOT alone give them
the urge toward helpful service in
thc community that they might have
with the Thoughtful cooperation n
their parents The talks. songs and
pagcaniH Of school have served 90
widen their vision and strengthen
their graep N the dramatic events
Of The past Father and mothers
can hcln them ~ express their M
probation Of the time and country
in which they I've fn terms ~ cv-
cfyday service To teach them that
they have nm important part in
keeping n happy, well-ordered home
and that the atmosphere Of COM
muniiy b. the aiosphofc Of IT'S
homes, D. 20 lay foundation for
substantial citizenship later To add
10 this sense of responsibility to-
ward n younger child in ones own
family or a friends or toward AMI.
nal pets, h NJ least 20 start the hab.
II u considering The interest 81
others. Just 20 keep emphasizing
these two points dag after day 20
that they become part Of the
childrcn's lives is no small task In
itself
However eager young person
may be 10 serve his community. his
impulse will be dissipa,ed or accom-
plish harm rather than good unless
MS efforts are intelligent. IN Maud
Lindsays tale Of "The Giant Energy
and the Fairy Skin" Milton Brad.
ley Co., Springfield. Mass. an e.
fective story 10 read 20 children
from five 10 tenl the fairy teaches
the enger. clumsy giant 20 90 direct
his boisterous impulse 90 serve, that
after days of patient effort he IL
welcomed ~ helper instead Of be-
ing merely tolerated by those gen
crous enough 90 overlook his care.
lcsfness. A ten-year-old who was
crochcting a gift for her grand.
mother remarked, Even II u isn't
done well Grandmother will like IL
because It's my work. How much
more wholesome for the little girl
IL would have been " someone had
insisted on The charm ~ offering
a neatly made rift, that Grand
mothers pleasure need not be mar
red by apologies. Organizations are
too often hindcrod by the we'll
meaning but unskillcd volunteer
worker The community life n the
future will be enriched by every
child who has learned 10 take pleas
ure In careful finished work.
1--WE require from buildings A.
from men," writes Ruskin In
"Stones Of Venice" "two kinds Of
goodness; first the doing Of their
practical duty well, then that they
be graceful and pleasing In doing
IT," This Is one secret Of acceptable
service, that the doer shall find JOY
in his work rather than seek all his
pleasure as n thing apart. This we
can emphasize to our little citizens,
showing them as consistently as pos
sible that we do find JOY in duties.
Our children will receive their
firmest foundation in the matter Of
their responsibility toward the com
munity from the stress which Is laid
by happy example and persistent
teaching on the safeguarding OF
the community welfare by the right
sort Of homes. Read then Mrs.
Kate Douglas Virgins charming
story Mother Carey's Chickens
Dunlap Grosset Company, New
York; Theirs was n home whose
light could not by any possibility
be hid. Mother Carey gives the
keynote-in saying TO her children
when they move into the village Of
Beulah, I'VE must make Il home
a. beautiful and coplete AS we can
afford. One real home always make
others, am sure Of thati We can
not be happy, OF prosperous, or use
full, or successful. unless We can