The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-13
of Six Articles LADIES IN DISTRESS by Helen wdAmsr- Courage Of 1eir CONUiCtiOnS Makes Women Guilty Of R
Your Children
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"f'm 60 tired trying Go make Jim. my DO decent and kind and polite" said Q mother ln Q letter. "The other children around here are ter. rIble, They take advantage of him, and hO comes to me now wanting to know why 1 make him Do good when no one else lS. He's marked here As . eoodyskoody, and it is making him ofoSS end dlsobedlent. What can possibly do but lot him get bad like the FestH
 ThiS ls tho problem every parent hes on hand today. ft oonfronte the mother Of the klndefgArtener and that os tho adolescent alike. Home training vePDub social influence. 1t is the battle Of the ages. And this age In particular.
 NelshbOFhOod ReROrm Impossible
 There Isn't anything to be done, that's the sod part Of it. Nothing I know of anyway. There she Is, the mother with her home oil set in the community, and there are the neighbofB. Even if the neighbors are ! nice, and their children nice, there exist still the differences in ages, la temperaments and interests, Some arc allowed to do this, some that. Orders iFl one family are dis- reeafder in others. The perlnisslons are different and the standards by which they are judged.
 However, when it comes to down. right impossible surroundings, then the only thing to Dc done is to plan moving away. When c situa. ton iS serious, only radical IleaSur. 6 will help.
 one cannot make over Q whole community, and neither can one alwayb Do tusslng with other par. ents about what their children have done. This isn't god for tho child anyway, always to be having his battles fought for him. Indeed, the fewer outside champions he has the better. He should learn to fight his own fights and to bear with trouble. However, we are talking now about the influence on general character, politeness, kindness and the Vorities.
 It works out about the same. jlmmyB training and his character are aS important, or more so, than his immediate happiness. So, # 1t ls right to change residence for ono thing, 1t is equally right to consider | the other.
 School Days Bring Relief
 simetlmeg 1t is possible to take the child of for part of each day | to other scenes and people, or in | some way change his present group. ! When school begins there is . bet- ter chance of doing 50, becau1e he | may And congonial souls in his | room, which will facilitate new | friendships.
 But by.and.large, the community end It's problems are still there. And as 1t happens, sometimes it is the community Itself that suffers if aii incorrigibie moves in. One bad boy can spoil an erstwhile peaceful and happy street. It works both ways.
 In looking for Q house, 1t pays to take throuogh stock of the close. by inhabitants before deciding. Ask yourself, "Will the children around here Do clean and well.behaved? Are there boys and girls about the right age to play with7" And so on. It will save time and trouble later. But if you own your property, that is another story. Tn this case there | is nothing left but to try and get | playfnateS from aiar who are like your own children in kind and breeding.
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