PARENTAL CONTROL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3151, 3 August 1942, Page 2

PARENTAL CONTROL

IS THERE A SLACKENING? LESS AFFECTION & RESPECT “There is reason to believe that parental control is slackening, and this is perhaps the most serious aspect of juvenile delinquency. There appears to be less loyalty, affection and respect for parents. “The State and the local authority have become more and more parental in their relations to the young, and while it is said that it is better to tend youth wisely by public authority than to have them neglected by parents, it is wrong that pared by parents, it is wrong that parents should, be relieved of their responsibilities. “Sometimes the home discipline is too harsh and this is equally harmful to the child. The foundations to a well-ordered life and good citizenship are laid in the home, where the essential requirements are good, example and calm and consistent discipline. I believe that the outlook towards delinquency will change. “It is a disease of society, and we must eradicate all conditions in which delinquency can originate and flourish. This will take time, 'and the burden of training the child "will rest with the education authorities, in close co-operation with the parents.”—Dr. Wm. Boyd, in an. address to the Edinburgh Rotary Club.