CHILDREN'S PICTURES

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 29, 2 February 1917, Page 6

CHILDREN'S PICTURES

TO IHB EDITOR.

Sir, —A good step put forward' by t»p» respondence in your paper lately should bring to mind .what is really wanted ab the various picture places. The managers of. these concerns are catering \<ky well for the public, and considering ttibj. rise in prices, all seems well, excepting, the new problem that must be faced by. all; that is, regarding pictures that are not fib for children to ccc. This is no. wild assertion, no granny's version, but. a. problem that, must be solved very soon in our midst,. for the betterment, of our little one's future. .There are' mothers and fathers who do not seem' to see into the depths of the futurer" wjhat is occurring in Australia-,'and' must be. getting a, good hold in New. 1 Zealand ? The children are becoming ■ masters of parents and households—the future sees the children having full say 1;. and sway^in everything. What is happening that bears that out? '-,We .find that juvenile crimes are being committed at an increased rate, the court*cases locally.are offsets of what has been-in-stilled by lessons of the past, if not by the bad effects of pictures. What has, . been the eft-use? Can we surely say it has been the parents' bringing up? Let us hope not, because parents have sacred obligations to perform. What objectlessons are then necessary for those parents who don't realise their duty? First, it' is proper respect for their parents, and then the distinction between right and wrong. It is very essential that pa-rents should set a good example. The correspondence started m your' columns a few days ago should warn parents of'their duty, and should be a blessing for the growing children. .1 am enclosing a' decision given by a Judge of the Supreme Court in Africa, who strongly, condemned allowing children under a certain age to attend the pictures. The possibility of bad' impressions jipon the minds of the children' must be prevented. There should be a time set aside—call it children's pictures or matinees—Solely for the better-! fflfint of the little ones. Parents, of | course, would not be excluded ftenl accompanying their own dear ones.—>! am, etc.,' ". ' • ' ■LOQ.K T.O-THF- FUTURE.