Parents and Children

Inangahua Times, 26 October 1939, Page 3

Parents and Children

“ There can be less doubr s'ill however, that in many c» S4 -'* i’'* 1 ’ ents shirk the duty and f b.uh the pleasure and reward ot keeping intellectually alert for the sake of their children, not perceiving what ill-effects upon their children’s moral and physical growth this self-satisfied conservatism o£ theirs may have. “It is their privilege to remain the intellectual friends and companions of their boys anil girls, adding to their own knowledge ami extending their own thought as far' as they have opportunity, but not hesitating to accept from their own children truth for which there is sound evidence,, though. they themselves may not otherwise have become acquainted with it. At least the adolescent must be able to feel that discussion with his parents will be fair, open-minded and generous, though in the end he and they may agree to differ. Unless he can do so there will be a widening gulf between them and him, not only in religious belief, but in all the subtle relationships which demand mutual respect and confidence.” —Dr Basil Yeaxlee in “Religion And The Growing (Mind.” ,