New Britain herald., 1925-12-16
SPANK PARENTS, IS
 EDUCATORS ADVICE
Rod for Mothers and Fathers
 Prescribed by Dr. Stearns
SCORES HOME CONDITIONS
Principal of Phillips Academy, And.
 over, Mass, Charges Movies With
 Inspiring Banditry--- Safer to Live in Africa or China Than Hero.

Parents, you must turn back to your responsibility" commanded AL | fred F. Stearns, principal Of Phil lips Academy, Andovor, Mass, in his address on "The Promise and Plight of Youth" to the Womans club yes- terday afternoon at St. Marks church. The breakup of the home, he asserted, was the principal cause of the failure of modern youth to keep within the bounds of his anCcs- tors. He added that this home in ttuenCo was all the more needed in the present day because of the more complicated social system.
 Parents Deserve Thrashing.
 Youth is no different than in the | past" he said, but it is facing diff terent problems. Schoolmasters cant help view with apprehension certain tendencies of boys and girls, al- l though nine times out of ten any , deserved thrashing should be given the parent instead of the youth, The younger generation knows moro than we did at their age. There aro many things about them that win our hearts, particularly in view of 1 what they face.
 The youngsters are living in the 1 most lawcss age and the most law less country on the face of the ] globe. There is evidence Of this right i here in your own community, show l ing that it is safer 10 live in Africa or China than here The number Of murders in the United States has ! reached an annual figure of 7.3 out l of every 100000, which is twice that ! of Italy, the second i'll this respect; | England has less than one. The crime bill in property damage and i loss of time has reached ten billion dollars annually, almost the entire 1 debt of the United States"
 Movies Inspire Bauditry.
 Taking up social life, Dr. Stearns said, "The movies present an abnor- maj and exaggerated representation of life, and much of the tendency to ban1itry may be attributed to them. The schoolmaster regards with alarm their insidiOuS lure from the cid standards. The modern dance any sane man knows is not all for good Some suffer permanently from it's effects, The automobile is anoth- CT factor of danger as well as con Nenionce.
 "The general life of the time may be descTbcdi as having an unchap- eroned atmosphere. Youth receives ! few parental instruction, but is thrown out into the world 10 sink or swim. This lack of restraint is most unfortunate. The older generation for some reason have let down the bars and are afraid to say No Why cant We see beyond our own noses and take for our standard the eXper- fences of those who know the re- suits of parental laNity.
 Loss of Religion in Home.
 lIt lOcS pA ! Alt -lJli III 'tl' ll'ili' is another factor. The church is making d splendid fight, but it's in llucncc is moi enough. The real place for religious training is in the home.
 "Tr&ining the child in far more Inc mothor's job than the fathcrs tIr should have much to do and shonld stand by, but the sacred re ,ponablity belongs to the mother. He then read letters he had rcceiy- d from parents Of boys at his school, showing that very few par onts had any idea of the way tc bring up their chdrcn. The parent W.uouti a sense of humor is hopo- less. he said. and the gushing moth CT is another hard type to deal with
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