The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-28
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 "What can I do about my four teen-year1oId daughter?" asks Q mother. 'She gets out of school and won't come home. She Is get ting boy crazy and after school it's going to the drug stores for sundaes or piling into someone's car and taking a ride.
 Sometimes she walks home with the other girls, but be sure there are some heroes near. Then out somewhere after supper again. hardly ever see her any more and as for helping me, she doesn't know I'm alive. try to talk to her and make her sec that 1t is only common to run around so at her age, but she keps silent and the first thing know she is at the telephone giggling about what he said, to some of her girl friends, or what he looked like, or where 'he'was going. He, he, he--until am sick of 1t.
 She is just little girl yet and her father and are worried. We are afraid to be too severe be- cause we fear she might be worse than ever. But she knows we are worried. What can we dor"
 
 Spanking Is Sound Cure
 print this answer because this lady's problem has become natural.
 First of all would spank her. This kid has chosen the run of the streets rather than try to do her part in keeping her parents happy, and respecting their wishes.
 am all fed up on this busi- ness of youngsters feeling t h ey own the earth and the lopsided propaganda that has gone out about not letting your children get away from you by being soft and sweet and sympathetic. True, relationships of the right sort should have been established long ago. In every correctly balanced household there is nice mix ture of love, trust and at the same time respect for authority and opinion, and each others feeling.
 Little children in their first for native years need more intelligent sympathy and guidance than they usually get. Children past child hood usually receive les disciplin- ing than they need. We smack the little tots and let the others do pretty much as they please.
 There Is no harm in girl being fascinated by those handsome sophomores even at fourteen. We cannot tell nature to mind her business. There is, in fact, a lot of good in young crowds being to- gether, too. But such parties or rides or what-not should be in homes or where older people take the responsibility.
 Providing a Safety Valve
 To forbid girl of fourteen or fifteen to look at boy leads to trouble as a rule. Let them have their little blow-outs. Let them talk and giggle about "he". Out lets are wholesome things. Sup pressions are likely to explode.
 But If young lady acts like this woman's daughter, causing her parents worry and sleeplcss- nes and heartache. she needs more than moral suasion. Spanking" Unterpret it as you like, parents, either actual or figurative), might teach some of these kids that they don't own the earth.
 But don't expect, as long as you hand them new dresses and the latest in hats and shoes and spend- ing money, with your eyes still red from your last cry, that things will be any better. A spanking may be the spiritual one of having to do without. "No gimme no takee". might be pinned over their mir TOTS.
 Constant scolding and nagging Is foolish and useless. But pair of parents with spines in their backs can be just as effective as those odl-fashioned ones who never had daughters running the streets, whose children were not in dan ger from motor cars or other things. Copyright 1885 NEA Service, Incl