The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-10
DUTIES O PARENTS
OUTLINED FOR CLUB


"How Much Can one Home Dor
was the topic Of Dr., Regina West
cott-Wieman. director OF the Fam
lily Community Project OF Addison,
Michigan. as she spoke to mem
bers OF the Ypsilanti Child Study
Club Thursday evening at the home
OF Mrs. Bancroft Brien. DR.. Wieman
said, 1T is hard TO be a parent to-
DAY. A great many parents have
used the means OF being busy and
do not take the time to stop and
think how we'll they are doing their
job as parents"
Juvenile delinquency Is not a re-
suit OF the war. The war has mere
ly revealed It and afforded unusual
opportunities for 1t to function.
In order 10 establish a democrat
ic and Christian country the home
must take the initiative, she said.
1t is aided by three factors, legis-
lation, education and religion. I'm
provements in all three must come
from the parents who care.
She said. THE family today has
in its power the making or breaking
OF the cultural development in the
years ahead" One home can do
nothing. There must be an organ
lied group for the good. In thinking
in terms Of our own homes we must
remember a house keeps the fam
fly. There are four areas in which
we can divide our thinking.
1--WE must understand what
emotional maturing means. Our
children shall become mature emo
tionally. We are emotionally dis
turbed when there is a shift in the
order OF values. This makes our
lives richer and fuller" DR.. Wieman
added. Our children must feel that
we have certain sporting attitude
in life. That the breaks give us an
opportunity for the creativity of life
and for seeking greater values. We
must help our children to become
so emotionally mature that the at
tention is not upon their own feel
ings but upon the opportunities for
development.
ave must teach our children TO
give up ideals as guides for the at
tainments OF values in life. Help
them learn how to discover a pro
gram and leave that future un'
formed. A home must start by stu
dying the interests OF the family
We must train ourselves to throw
away our ideals and try to discover
the plans and programs OF the fam
lily.
Help our children to find genu
inc values through actual expert
ences and not be a victim OF fol
lowing patterns. We must do all
we can to keep a child's attention
from himself.
children must learn how to live
with others. This must be done
in the family life. A true family
must be a future group, each mem
Der Of the family contributing their
interests and creativity. The idea
situation is when a child feels free
dom in his family, not from his
family. and in his community, not
from his community.
In closing the speaker spoke OF
parents as social engineers. 1.-THE
challenge to parents is a great one.
II is thrilling to be parent il we
can stop, think and look ahead,
she said.
Preceding the program, Mrs. Yer
nal Sevey presided at the business
meeting.
Mrs. Charles Hill gave a brief
history OF the Red cross and the
services rendered by the volunteer
workers OF the Red Cross. The pur-
pose of her talk was to bring be-
fore the members the Importance OF
contributing to the Red Cross as
much as each individual felt he
possibly could.
Mrs. Arthur walker reported on
the meeting OF the Youth Guidance
Division OF the Council Of Social
Agencies. She reported that not
only delinquent problems were dis
cussed but also the fine things the
youth OF this city are doing. She
cited four things in particular, bond
drive, salvage drive, teen-age can
teen and University OF Life.
Mrs. Paul Bushong was intro
duced as a new member.
The nominating committee. Mrs
Paul Ungrodt, Mrs. Fred Peters
Mrs. Basil Wheeler and Mrs. Gerald
Schultz submitted the following
names as officers for the coming
year and they we're elected: Presi
dent. Mrs. George Wallace; vice
president, Mrs. d. w. Martin; re
cording secretary, Mrs. Richard
Warner: corresponding secretary
Mrs. Carl Erikson; treasurer, Mrs
J. L. Schill; press reporter. Mrs
Gerald Clark. The hostesses for tn
evening we're Mrs. Paul Ungrod
and her committee.
Mrs. George Wallace announces
| the April meeting at the home 0
Mrs. d. w. Martin. The speaker vii
be DIT. NJ. II. Worth. NJ. D., and he
| 4crto will ha "a llerQipa Of On