The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-03
Parents Be
Pals, Urges
Martha Lee
BY MARTHA z

II is q wise mother who can man.
age the young son and daughter to-
day.
Mother and father are old
fashioned. is the modern trend OF
thought, and the principal idea is to
pull the wool over their eyes,.
It's TOO bad that no one can profit
by another's experiences. It is toe
bad that the battle cry Of today is.
ITS my own life and I'm going to
lead it the way 1 want" Advice and
warnings seem to be of no avail.
Gets a New Pant Job
With the entrance into her teens,
Miss Mary buys a compact, applies
a new paint job, and is off to the
movies with the boy friend, while
Johnny. with the down family
creeping on his upper lip, bitches UP
his trousers and is off to meet Nam
cy at the corner drug store.
In a couple of years Mary will be
running off to dances. stopping only
TO have a little nip from a flask,
and Johnny will be stretched out on
somebody's lawn. sleeping it off"
And mother will have many a
slcepless night. and father will
spend hours walking the floor,
fighting down his fesE for his chill
dren's safety, smothering his wrath
at heir thoughtlessness, and for
getting everything but his joy at
having them safe back home again
until the next time.
On the Wrong Track
Something has got to be done to
ieSch these children that they are
on the wrong track; that they are
missing the privileges that belong to
children, exchanging them for a pre-
tense at romance.
After all, it is the craving for the
romance, the love and adventure
that they read about and see in the
movies that prompts this spirit Of
unrest. It's a problem that must be
handled ~disereetly and gently by the
parents. or they will do more harm
than good in curbing it.
Mothers and fathers will have to
take Mary and Johnny into their
confidence and treat them on a level
with grownups, never losing sight of
the fact that they are still young
sters.
Keep Young With Children
They will have to resign them
selves to the fact that they have
lost their small children and re-
strain them without absolutely for
bidding them.
They will have to allow Mary and
Johnny to have company at home,
occasionally, and never very late, in
order to prevent them from sneak
ing to forbidden places.
They will have to become young
with their children in order to keep
them from maturing too rapidly.
More than anything else, they
must be friends with the family and
with each other in order to keep up
the illusion that they are all pals
together and not stern parents, con-
stantly sitting in judgment with few
rewards and much punishment.
ooh, Because" Is ASsailed
This letter brings up the problem:
Dear Martha Lee-Mv mother is a per-
son wish to tell my troubles to and
one I wish to tell everything I do. But
when I tell her things she becomes very
angry.
She won't allow me to 20 out with boys,
and if I do 20 TO the movies 1 lust don't
tell her. She won't let me ask my friends
10 nv home. and won't give me any rea-
son for her refusal.
oh. because is the only asnwer I get
when I question her. I an 10. Please ad-
wise me what to do. BUNNIE.
Bunnie, you. are only 10. It is
your mothers privilege to decide
whether or not you shall go out
with boys, and if she is a wise
mother she will decide against it.
However, she should be kind in her
refusal and try and make you
understand that you r only a
little girl.
Try to Please Mother
You should never keep things
back from your mother, even if she
does become angry.
Can't you try to find out what it
is that makes her angry and try
to please her?
Remember that after all she is
your mother and loves you.
Try to know your mother. You
are a little girl only once and you're
a "grown-up" for such a long time.
Things will come your way some
day. Just you wait.