Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Workshop Finds Basic Reasons Why Good Kids Go Bad

material values and EFFORT b
acquire goods often heyouA
the family's capacity to pay.
y Broken homes.
. Actions that consistently
trend away from accepted
patterns Of society.
. Transfer Of parental frus.
trations to the child: such ar
the father insisting that 4
child's life be channeled TO.
ward being Q doctor because
the father wanted to be q doc
tor and lacked the opportu-
nifty.
. Failure to recognize that
all children are valuable re-
CARELESS Of their social status.
. Lowering Of standards
about sex.
. Abandonment Of the prac-
tice Of taking q child out 10
the woodshed 'for q talk"
First Five Years
While the workshop was de-
Gliding what it considers wrong
with the parental attitude. DR..
Caldwell also was explaining
some of the things a child
needs from parents to helm
him along. Says DR.. Cald.
well: 81
IT has been estimated that
the child learns more during
the first i've. years of his life
than he will learn during all
the years thereafter. Since the
home Is the basic institution
influencing the child's grow
ing personality. 1t is of vital
Importance in his development.
"A sense of psychological
security Is the basic need Of
all of US. This attitude de-
ponds upon the quality Of
relationships with key indiyid-
uals In the child's life. Chill.
dren need the unqualified love
OF their parents. They need 4,
be accepted, to be understood
and to be valued.
Needs RESPONSIBILITIES
THE child needs help in his
growing by not having too
much or to little done for MIN.
He needs to be corrected with
out being hurt or shamed or
confused. He needs freedom
tnat t1ts his age and his needs.
ne needs responsibilities that
mt his age, abilities and free
dom. He needs a situation in
winch ne can say what he feels
and talk things out without
being afraid or ashamed. He
needs molding and constant
discipline from infancy. And
ne needs to be helped to take
increasing responsibility for his
own actions. -
Such a home is a sood
nome for children to grow up
IN, whether it has one room
or IL, because children in such
a nome are loved and wanted
ana understood and valued
and know it."
What can the teacher and
the schools do to meet a
rising tide of anti-soc;al
behavior among childrenP The
workshop believes the answer
lies in a positive procedure
embodying these four points.
!. Improve procedure for
Identifying children with be-
havlor difficulties and recop-
nizing the needs of these chill
dren and then refer them to an
appropriate source for help
when the needs cannot be met
by the school.
2. Continuously study all
phases of school activities and
adjust these activities and ex-
periences to the needs of chill
rem and to society of which
they are part.
3. Develop better relations
between the school and parents
so that Jointly the home and
the school contribute to the
wholesome development Of
boys and girls.
4. Improve coordination
Of school and all other social
institutions so that all phases
Of the community program
can work together in provid-
ing better environment for
boys and girls. No aspect Of
community service, such as
recreation, should be empha-
sized to the exclusion or neg
lect Of other aspects.