The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-25
BY Virginia Swain,
NEA Service Writer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Grandma
mind, you get your school work
now.
The brooms of science sweep
clean. Having brushed the old'fash.
toned mother into discard in favor
of the scientific one, they are now
directed toward the old.style grand
mother.
The gingham-aproned. cooky-
sneaking, bruise-bandaging old
saints days are numbered.
The Child Study Association OF
America is opening a grandmother's
class, designed to make grandmoth-
ers a blessing instead Of u hindrance
to the modern mother.
Mrs. Cecile Pilpel, mother of four
and grandmother of two, is the
leader.
All Have Lots of Trouble
The grandmothers of New York
bring to the class all their prob
lens Of tangled allegiance in the
home, warranted and unwarranted
interference, etc.
The class is a pioneer project. 1t
will be followed by similar ones in
all the cities. Soon, it is planned,
every broad-minded grandmother in
the country will be doing her stuff
under the auspices of the alert asso'
citation. g..
Everybody has a grandmother, 1t
seems. Letters received b. Mrs. Pill
pei from many places indicate wide
interest in this really urgent problem
Of o!d-fashioned grandmother versus
modern mother.
And the women who attend the
meetings here belong to both types
Of grandmother-th white haired,
black-stockinged group, and the mar
celled, French-heeled clan. They are
learning about their grandchildren
what there was no one to teach
them about their own children.
Answer Not In Books
''How can 1 be part of my daugh-
ters family, without intruding?" or
"Why does my grandson resent my
interest in his school work." or us
it right for my daughter-in-law to
forbid my giving candy to the chill
dren?" they ask.
And Mrs. Pilpel answers, not from
books, but from that store of knowl-
edge which she has gained in her
own family, and from the condolences
of hundreds of other women whom
she has met in her thirty years of
work with the association.
1.-THE most important question is
that of divided authority in a house."
she says.
Mothers Resent Intrusion
LET the mother rule-with the
grandmothers subsidiary advice. A
child is like an animal. 1t knows its
master, and resents outside interior
ence.
1.-THE grandparent who argues
against a mother before her chill
dren is alternating them from herself,
for children idealize their parents,
and are offended by her suggesting
that their mother is not perfect.
"Then, too, most mothers, how
ever patient they may be toward
older people, resent an intrusion on
their maternal rights.
"a golden rule for grandmothers
is: Never interfere in times of trou-
BILE. Get in your good work when
the seas are calm and neither child
nor mother overweight.
1.-The all-important thing for any
third party to family quarrel is the
are of self -effacement, no matter
which side she agrees with"
The second rule on Mrs. Pilpers
stone tablets is: BUY your grand
children's love with interest, not
with gifts.
Children are intuitive enough to
recognize any attempt to win them
over without genuine interest and
affection. OF course, children love
presents, but they don't love the CIV
err who doesn't give himself, too.
Should Take an Interest
"Grandmothers have an excellent
chance to build up companionship
with their grandchildren, by taking
an interest in their activities. The
older woman who does not bear the
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