Arizona state miner. [volume] (Wickenburg, Ariz.) 1919-1927, 1927-04-16
In Confidence
DAUGHTER WHO TELLS MOTHER
ALL is NOT BAD

Lear MISS FLO:
among my acquaintance is a wo-
man who has a pretty little flanner
daughter of seventeen. The girl ia
all that is good and wholesome. and
Is DIS innocent and as full of fun az
Kltten. But she bobs her hair. paints
Joyrldes, and all in all goes a pace
mat must prove demoralizing in the
end. When l criticize nv friend for.
permitting her daughter to do these
lnlnss' she just shrugs her shoulders
anu says, What can I do about it?
All the other girls make I'D and act
IKE that and can't make her diff
derent from the others and spoil her
fun
tnlnk she actually encourages her
daughters wildness, because tba
daughter tells her everything with
OUT rear OF being scolded. Don't Won
think the mother is wrong?
IF. r.
The majority of mothers are any,
thing but pleased with the pace their
daughters are going-but it isn't easv
10 bring up the modern young girl
Win simple, well-bred standards, or.
oy the standards of past generations.
Youth will be served! Lock a girl
IN her room and she will probably
cllmD out OF the window. Forbid her
TO nave boys call on her at home
and she will meet them outside. Re-
fuse to let her go to nice club dances
and she will slip away to low dance
places. Invariably, the widest and
most reckless girls are those with
parents who are too strict.
Every intelligent woman knows
that it is a mistake for a young
girl to make up and to wear clothes
that attract attention. AS mat
ter Of plain common sense and knowI-
edge OF the world they know that a
young girl handicaps herself by these
methods. She takes away her chief
charm-her youth and freshness. By
plastering her lovely youthful com
plexion with rouge and powder, the
young girl puts herself on a level
with the older woman who may need
these adjuncts, and when she de-
strOys the greatest advantage she
has, how can she compete with the
older woman and poise that the
younger girl lacks?
Undoubtedly, all mothers know this
but they must also realize that the
the world of today and will do as
they do today Because a girl hobs
her hair, paints her face, rouges her
lips, dances and joyrides-because
she is young, pleasure loving and ir-
responsible, is no reason for proph-
esying dismal things about her. It
is passing phase of life, and she will
get over it if she is given little
time and little understanding. On
the other hand, the power of sugges-
ton is strong, and the results may
! be disastrous if you make the girl
think she is reckless and wild, and
| bound to come to some bad end.
So the wise mother tries to de-
velop a sense of humor, and cult
vate the spirit Of youth in her own
| heart, that she may have more toler-
ance, understanding and sympathy
with her daughters seeming reck-
less spirit She makes an effort to
become her daughters confdante,
as your friend has done, that she
may keep close enough to her to
know what she is doing and to
keep her sense of proportion from
| becoming distorted.
Lucky is the mother whose
daughter tells her everything with
out fear of being punished and
scolded, for it is. the understanding
mother who can sympathize with
her daughters desire for good
times and helps her to get them who
gets well enough acquainted with her
daughter to help her and protect her.