THE DUTY PARENTS.
Sir,—lt is sbmething' deplorable. to' peru so: the daily papers of this country to discuss the great amount of criminality which ■ tho New Zealand Courts Jiave to-.deal.-with year in- and year out. This; in view of the great, strides education has: the last'. 30 years,' Bhows'in a very practical forrii that the moral responsibilities^-of parents' to their children, are sadly lacking. The greatness. of a pedplo is not to be. judged altogether from a money..standard, buti rather from, duty, to-parents of ..the' children, and this would not be so grave' a.fault in New Zealand,were "parents to shp\v:'a greater aptitude .in ' the, moral uplifting of their offspring.— I am, ete:, . . : . .; : '".'-:: ; - ; ■■■■;■:' ■■■ ROBERT HOWARD. , ' ' ! .June-28. , ' ■{] ■■ ,-.■'■■■'■■ •'■■■':■ \
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 3
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115THE DUTY PARENTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 3
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