Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1942, Page 44

| WOMEN’ — 8 FEATURES. E¥ery Child Must Live His Way. Can’t Do His Best If Family’s Eyes Are Upon Him By Angelo Patri ‘Whether we approve or not, the grade a child attains in school be- comes a matter of prime importance to hit and to the family. The habit of measuring & child’s progress, and therefore his mental power, by the grade he makes is an old one and will take a lot of beating before it fades out finally. The children are acutely aware of this standard and they try with might and main to keep up with their classmates and the traditional standing of the family. If father Was an honor man, mother a vale- dietorian, the children are aware of | ‘what is expected of them and work | aceordingly This is not all wrong either. It does'a child good to have a stand- and set for him as long as that standard is within possibility. It is only when circumstances make it impossible for the child to reach the grade set for him that there is trouble. Johh and Michael are twins. One is bright and quick, the other plod- ding. Father and mother want them both to do the same work, stay together through the grades. ‘That is impossible and any attempt t6 impose the standard on both children equally, must fail, and both children suffer by the experience. _Two brothers, two years apart in age, entered school the same day and were in the same class of course. ‘That could not be helped because of school laws and home conditions. But the older child was made to feel that he was lacking somehow or he would not stay in the grade with his younger brother. “You're two years older and you ought to be at least three grades Higher” That made both children unhappy, slowed down their work, soured their spirits. Their happi- ness on which their real growth was should have been far more tm t than their grades. Often parents ask to have two of their children go through school in the same grades, and the same classroom. “They’ll be companions for each other, and help each other. ‘We want them to stay together always and not grow apart as some families do.” It rarely works. Sensitive chil- dren suffer for each'other when the slightest thing goes awry for one of them. If one weeps, both weep. Insensitive ones quarrel and carry home tales about each other. The jealous one keeps the other one stirred up continually. No child does his best when feel- ing that the eves of the family are upon him, and that is vsually what having a brother or sister in class means. Each child must live his own way, do his own learning and grow- ing at his own rate of speed, with no reflection on any other child’s way. Brothers and sisters are in- dividuals. must live that way., and grow that way, without regard to each other’s peculiarities, to which they are entitled. Don't try to grade them by families. Nor dress them that way. They do better when treated as individuals. friends §f possible, but always individuals. Manners of the Moment Perhaps it's proof of a strong character and a mind with a single purpose when a man strides firmly ahead of any woman with whom he chooses to walk. But, somehow, the woman finds it annoying. She is more likely to interpret it as being proof of a selfish and thoughtless character. Men, it seems to me, are always doing that. They forge ahead through crowds and snow covered sidewalks and let the little woman trip along behind as best she can. Her only possible salvation, if she wants to stick to her man, is to hang grimly to his coattails and let him pull her. Perhaps she should get roller skates or skis. Then she really could ride along behind with ease. . Another way out, of course, is for each to go his own way and make an appointment to meet at their destination. The man can walk fast, and the woman slowly, and neither need worry about the other. J] —_— Matt'ers_*of General Intere Shirtwaist Favorite Beginners Will Have No Trouble Making This Simple Pattern Indulgent Parents Blam For Wasteful Attitude Of Young Generation ‘If They Can Stay Out All Night, They Also Can Work All Day,’ Says Mr. Babson, in Effect By Kay Caldwell and Alden Harrison Recently Roger W. Babson, the well-known writer on business and financial subjects, turned out & scorching column called “Today’s In-, dulgent Parents,” in which he dealt with the problem of the younger generation. And welll have to admit that' Mr. Babson really took his coat off and went to work! g is no longer & young man, and it's nothing new for an violent viewing-with-alarm regarding youth. Most to such outbursts, and they usually shake them or s shrug. . Babson says some things which we all should “The present generation of young people may be just as sound fundamentally as my own generation; but if so, surely they have worse parents! Today's parents have invented and are giving to their children most dangerous doles in the form of automobiles, radios, taxis, speed- boats, movies, roadhouses, dinner dances and clothes that would have made Croesus and Midas feel like village school teachers working on part time. This would not be so bad if we increased character training to counterbalance these temptations; but most fathers are too busy making money to spend their time training children.” Mr. Babson then inserts & para-: graph on the old theme of how things were different when he was 8 boy, and goes on: “The greatest difficulty confront- ing young people today is that they have the spending power of giants and the earning power of babies. Their costly whoopees, as mendi- cants existing on the charity of their families at & time of world- wide calamity, seem outrageous to those who know that World War IT can be won only by intelligent bud- gets and worthwhile work. Any one who is mature enough to be out all night is mature enough to work all S ool e boys and girls who have not yet been drafted for war service.” note that Mr. Babson's ment of parents, rather than their children, We think he's on sound ground there, The faults of the younger generation today aren't just the faults of youth; they are the shortcomings and excesses ‘of our soclety in general. And youth isn't responsible for that society. prove to be & fatal weakness. And for that reason, it's to their vital interest to take Mr. Babson and his charges By Barbara Bell What grander style could you add to your wardrobe right now than this classic button-front shirtwaist dress—becoming to every figure— correct for every occasion? Pattern No. 1539-B presents no problem at all to make—it is so easy to cut and put together that even the sewing beginner will find it easy to finish! 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