The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
BY JULIA BLANSHARD NEA Service Writer

New York Family quarrels may relieve the emporary feelings of parents, but they store up per manent trouble for the children ; who must listen to them, accord ing to Miss Henrietta Addition, who has just been appointed deputy police commissioner of New York city. In this capacity she is head of the bureau of crime prevention. Years of studying crime and juvenile delinquency, and in handl- ing those difficult social problems that have their tangled roots ill unhappy human relations and so- cial misfits, have made her chary of giving advice, for she regards each problem individually. But when asked what she considered the greatest fault of the greatest number of parents, which led to the greatest unhappiness, she gave the doubtful honors to quarreling in the home.
 If l could make one suggestion to parents in general" she said earnestly, "it would be this: don't quarrel. Or, if you must, go by yourselves. Don't indulge in verbal fights before the children. Don't expect them to grow naturally and serenely in an environment that has no stability nor peace, and gives only insecurity, distrust, in- feriority and lack of respect for the rights of others.
 A Natural Result
 Don't wonder, or don't blame the child who loses his finer feel ings, grows callous, careless, and then possibly lawless and law breaking, if he is constantly sub jected in his early years to bitter, heated arguments.
 "Quarreling parents are not re- stricted to any class in society. They do not necessarily all drive their children to criminal careers But they don't give children a fair start, and they render them sus- ceptible to the unhappiness and maladjustment that lead often to crime"
 Miss Addition believes you should judge no delinquent child, or no criminal, until you have examined his background, and when you un- derstand that, you will understand him.
 She believes that the majority Ol tOlliI IItu DcSlH 9lNIi anti-social careers at an early age and that the time to reform them is while they are still capable of being nodded, that is, when they are boys and girls.
 Must Educate Elders And thus all the study of juve- nile delinquency points out the necessity of a campaign to educate arents," she went on. We must not only consider the child of to- day, but of 25, or 50 years from now. We should plan our social welfare as city planners do and work with them so that recrea- tional facilities, schools. and social centers will be increased to take care of increasing population.
 Crime prevention demands the attention of schools, churches communities, industries, courts, all the agencies of social welfare. and above all, cooperation in he home - the promotion of bette under standing between parents and chil- dren."
 Miss Additions promotion tC deputy police commissioner, dis | tinction which she is the only one of her sex ohold in this city, tops | a creditable list of achievements which began down in Georgia. Al l the age of 19, when she taught school, she was outstandingly sue cessful with children that were conspicuously hard to handle. | She found the problem child SC interesting that she came uE north to the University of Penn sylvania to study sociology and ir her spare moments, she did volun- teer work with settlement cluf | for boys.
 Made Probation Officer l At that time, Jane Deeter Rip pin, later head of the Girl Scouts was chief probation officer for the courts of Philadelphia. She no ticed the tact and shrewdness witt which this soft-spoken, brown eyed girl of the south managed { complicated case before the do mestic relations judge on day and she offered her job as pro bation officer, Four years afte, that, Miss Addition was inchargt of the probation work in the juve nile court.
 During the war. she assisted Mrs Rippin in directing womer and girls in training camp activi ties. and this took her into train ing camps all over the country and led to her appointment al head of the woman's division.
 Further appreciation of he1 abilities was manifested when sh'
 was appointed district supervisor
 of the Social Hygiene Board. witi
 the middle Atlantic states as he
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 When the war was over, sh' organized the Big Sister group II
 Philadelphia to help young girl | Mba mara in 1tffiruItx, u,ifb thi