The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-16
Boy 0f3O
HaSRight
to Choose
BY MARTHA LEE

Isn't 10 funny how parents nate
10 admit their children have grown
I'D and are rational adults capable
OF making their own. even most mo-
mentous. decisions and living their
own es?
For one tnfng. 7 suppose a mother
can not believe the Years have
passed 50 quickly that the little,
fair-haired boy nov is ? man, self
supporting and self-suficient. And Of
course. m matter how old he Is. nc
slvavs will be At the tnicker stage
in her heart and mind.
Fathers are more apt to accept
the realization that their children
no longer can 90 TO Chicago fer
half fare. Because fathers are,
through necessity. more business
like about things. When son starts
paving his own clothing bill and
Joining his own club. the pater Is
pretty sure N concede that he can
stav out until = o'clock without re
porting to headquarters when he
comes IN.
Hard o. Roth
This bushes Of keeping ones
children tied n the apron strings
is hard on both parent and child.
Children simply must fry out the
proverbiaI wings. Else how are their
courage and sense Of responsibility
and foothold in life going to be m
sured?
A bow who stays close TO the fam
ily hearth when he is young and
growing up. Will find it Infinitely
more difficult when he Is older 10
20 out and ningle with people. Not
because ne doesn't know how, but ms
mother won't let him.
This is not advocating young folks
stepping out when they are fledg-
1ings. But it is denying the fact that
it is right or fair for parents TO
chain their children to their door
steps.
cid Ee has hsen hne boy T never
have had any trouble with HIN Is
have heard some of M frlenas taI1 e'C w..
paramount issue with him. When ne .etl
school 70 20 70 work. he thought on nom
ing but getting ahead i'm mis- business
But several months ago he met 2 Eouns
riri and has fallen madly ign love with
her 7 guess he doesn z even SNOW ne
sral evenings week ana on sundays and
HOLIDAYS he plans for the TWO Of them
What I'm 7 70 Do about IT. ,,o.r,,-r,
Fancy a mother getting worried
about her 30-year-old son! Really,
nv dear. YOU should say prayer
of Thanksgiving that your son finally
has found some one who interests
him. whom he likes 50 very much.
And do be grateful for the years
YOU have had him. Some mothers
lose their bows when they are l8 or
10, or younger.
I should think. since YOU did not
cav ANYTHING TO the contrary, that
this girl was an acceptable person;
that even you. who can not like her
because she took your boy away,
must admit her worth. Why not
become acquainted with her?
Show Some Interest
Why not act SlNCCCeiN LllFicoAeu
IN your sons first love affair. in
stead Of being bitter and sour and
disgrImtled?
Don't YOU realize that no mother
ever loses her children unless she
drives them from her? That no girl
ever takes the place in boys heart
that his mother holds? Those two
affections have separate places in
his heart.
What he. of course. is eager for
you to do Is to like this girl and
accept her into YOUR home and
heart. as he always has hoped YOU
would do when he finally found the
girl of his choice. That is what 1
would do since YOU asked my Opin-