Detroit evening times., 1945-03-27


IL turbed by it, wants to know the That is
good sign.------
1t indicates that people about the stability of
youth, that they the alert at danger signs. And
there is doubt about it, delinquency the upswing
There is too much of it. Any of it is too much
Unfortunately make only superficial efforts to
put end to it busy ourselves with utilities I'D
like to list few:
WE ESTABLISH curfews. Curfews a
w and even at their best are only mild preventative
A community curfew is intellectually just about
sensible, a community method, locking your own
children in the clothes closet at home
To people who put their confidence in such plan
here are some questions. What makes you think any
old home is safe place for childrens evenings? Why
many harmful things permitted to exist in
communities that we have to lock up our kids?
If want to clear up deviltry, wouldn't be
sensible to ring bell blow whistle and chase the
adults home?
OF course it's entirely possible curfew might tenn
porary cut down the number of arrests but system
is thorough that merely the opportunity
without giving consideration to the wills and desires and
character of youth. Mind you, not saying that
few does harm. merely suggest that 1t is stupid
WE CRACK down young people, tighten up
w discplines. We them, II got my eye you"
this gltterng futilty Don't let catch
you doing that again" So they take at word and
do their best not to let catch them
It's easy to think that to prevent inractions we must
become more strict. Easy but wrong Youth delinquency
seems to be the result of tense uneasy, restless times
These days unsettle all Of To great degree
they unsette youth. OF the Of years in which
have discussed vocational problems with high school boys
this time presents the greatest difficulties Now
only the armed forces and the to be the realities
There is not much of prospect for why
plan for it, No chance to education, why get
one? So youth, too young for the armed service is
uneasy and unsettled
And this calls of course not for more rigid dis
cpne not for regulatory controls Such things
only effective the surface We read that poor homes
careless parents free cash and all the conditions that
prevail among migratory families the that
bring about the jumping delinquency rates. And,
obviously, they have their bad results.
DUT need to keep this thing clearly in mind.
ID The teen age today finds itself in an overwhelming
set Of circumstances No Of these youngsters doing
what few years ago he expected to be doing. He is
just waiting.
with curfeW restrictions occasional teen
age canteen for weekend dancing, few play
grounds is to put in few stop gaps and doing it, TO
miss getting at fundamentals
When one speaks of delinquency he usually refers to
the number of young people who get in less
serious Jams.
4 CTUAILY delinquency is slipping all along the line
At the bottom young people fall out of the respect
able limits, and get caught But in the middle and top
brackets, there are also signs of general slipping
wise community tackles the whole problem It
puts little or no faith in surface measures
For instance city that is terribly disturbed about
delinquency but still locks its school yards quickly
as possible after school hours Try figure that one
In my next article I'd like to get little nearer a
sensible wav.
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