The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-16

It is some of these changes
we want to look at today:
MARKING Homemakers: - you
know the figures on this fact
by now because they have been
quoted over and over. The fact
that the average woman win
spend 20 years outside the home
working for wages after marri-
age is coming more true each
day, but have we as yet done
anything to prepare for it, other
than increase our desire for
material things as our income
increases?
Problems to be solved are
numerous: What has your com
munity, state or nation done to
raise standards of education,
location and other such con-
ditions, for nursery schools and
their trained personnel? This
problem has been with US from
the beginning Of World War II
and we have seen little legis-
lative action on it. Surely, Mrs.
Jones knows all about children
and she is so sweet and kind to
them. Isn't it a shame her boys
are always getting into trouble
must be bad blood some
where! Shall we continue to let
anyone who has a box of toys
and a dry basement open a nur-
sery school. Would that be a
good project for your club?
The man is the breadWinner
OF the family and housework is
for women can we "de-sex'
homemaking? It will have to
become a joint project for hus-
bands and wives. We have &C
complished a great deal in this
area by helping fathers see that
babies love whoever takes care
Of their physical needs and
fathers have become increas-
ingly active in childrearing but
we still have to help them be-
come more aware of other areas
of homemaking.
Let's stop right there for
awhile and wonder if this better
approach might be to help fami-
lies live on less money income
IN order to increase the salts
faction Of the real income Of the
family. Can we halt this striving
for increased money and put
back into the homemaker the
pride of her profession? This
profession of homemaker calls
upon every talent she has - she
is an artist, a scientist, a nurse,
a maid, a personal manager, a
wizard, a teacher, a
buyer, a mother, a wife what
profession do you know that is
any more challenging? Who
will do these Jobs in the family
while the wife works?
Refinement and old age:-The
American Medical Association
tells us that by the end of this
century we will not find it UNI
usual to find people living to 1870
years Of age. Il probably won't
be around for this but many OF.
you will be-. What preparation
are you making right now for
this period of time when you
will be dependent on someone
else for care?
Are you changing your phi
losophy about homes for the
aging? If not, are you planning
your new homes with an eye to
the future time that you may
need to add space SO that your
parents may live with you. Are
you willing to make the sacri-
fees and adjustments that will
be necessary to make this three
generation family work. That is
one Of our greatest tasks today.
Early marriages: We are
continuing to find that although
we know that these marriages
end in divorce courts more fire.
quently, we still have them with
us. Where are We failing?
Again. let's look at facts in or
der to understand this problem.
Children cost from ten to
twenty thousand dollars to bring
to maturity today. They are no
longer a financial asset, they
are a liability. Yet we have one
baby born every seven seconds
in the United States. We have
them because we want them.
But are we accepting the re-
sponsibilities that 60 along with
them? Saturday Evening Post
article 1t is love to let a child
go without discipline except
when we are irritated? Mother
in drug Store.>
Your adolescent wants to
learn to drive a car at age IA.
How do you decide whether this
shall be done? docs homework,
can be counted on Is complete
a task in a specific time, take
care Of own clothes, etc. Al
though several studies have
been made that indicate that
grades drop when they
are allowed the use Of a car
more than a couple days a
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