The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-13

around the simple proposition of honesty truthful boy is an honest boy And honest boy grows into a successful man thief can't be truthful; he can't afford to be Mickey the Mucker, around two corners and down a back street wouldn't be a hero and a leader to my boy, but an unpleasant kid with bad manners and vile speech and a habit of telling lies
 I'd try to be absolutely fair with my son, and to the extent of my capacity, I'd try to be understanding Boys will get into trouble and then They cant help it. So if my boy made honest mistake I wouldn't punish him unless he lied about it.
 I'd have few rules but they'd be enforced After studying literally hundreds of thousands of I've been forced to the conclusion that family discipline is the exception rather than the rule today. Boys don't become bad overnight They get away with little things because their parents too careless or too soft punish them Presently the little offense become big offenses.
 Such weak and careless parents should realize that when their children go astray it hasn't been the fault of the children but of the parents. A spoiled boy grows into spoiled His doting parents can't protect him from the hard knocks that part of lfes discipline He goes to pieces because he has been raised under glass
 I'd like to see my son grow up to be real man. He should take his part in good rough, outdoor games If he little noisier around home than I liked I'd try to put up with it. Boys noisy animals
 
 rackes and fishing tackle in the hall closet I'd ask raise the roof about it. If he got into a fight wouldn't punish him unless he had provoked it. Even then I'd find out if he had been warranted in provok ing it. The last thing I'd do would be to punish him for standing up for his own rights I might be bit harsh with him if he didn't Bruises in boyhood tragedies they are incidents in the process of growing up.
 I'd try to be pal to my boy, but wouldn't carry that so far that I might be tagging along Fathers and go fishing and hunting together and on long rides and for picnics and swimming parties. But when the young fellow wants to get with his friends he doesn't want an elder along I'd encour- age him to join the Boy Scouts and Boys Clubs and similar organizations But before he joined I'd make point of getting acquainted with the Leader of the Troop whatever the troop chief might call him. self. I'd want to my boy in the charge of up- standing, yirile husky young man who would enforce the practice of masculine virtues by example Boys Clubs conducted by police organization are almost successful. The boys turn their hero- worshpping tendencies the policemen. They say to themselves, Gee. wish I as husky as Big Jim. They say he isn't afraid of nuthn." So they try to get that husky
 The various youth movements satisfy urge for adventure that's strong in the heart of every healthy
 
 recent years present marvellous opportunity for tempering youth Usually it's well for boy to get away from home at intervals to share the wholesome rivalry which comes from the proper type of sport and develop individual responsibility in camp life The improvement which few weeks often make in over-coddled boys is astounding The softness of babyhood is stripped off and they on the road to manhood
 think that life nowadays is often too easy for a child Parents make the mistake of attempting to protect their children and shower much kindness on them. I think every child should have certain definite duties to perform, if it's nothing than moving the lawn spading the garden Dishwash- ing isn't pleasant chore but child who consistently evades it reduces his mother to the level of servant boy with responsibilities at home gains pride After all the home is not only place of living it's place of learning It's there and not in schools that children are fitted for the burdens they must bear later.
 As a matter of course, I'd have my son go to church Whats more, I'd go with him. Apart from religious instruction, churchgong is a by which the young would meet persons of fine character
 But above everything else, I'd try to understand my son. For fully realize that if I didn't I'd be failure dad