CHILD AND PARENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19453, 8 October 1926, Page 11

CHILD AND PARENT.

REVOLUTION in home life. CHURCH CONGRESS DISCUSSION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 6. At the Church Congress at Sonthport to-day Mrs. Louise Creighton, the famous historian and widow of a former Bishop of London, opened a striking discussion upon revolution in home life. Mrs. Creighton asked if children owed any natural gratitude to their parents. She said whatever fathers and mothers thought many .children replied to-day: " You brought us into the world for your own pleasure." > Tho children of the Victorian age were regarded as the property of their parents, but the modern despot was the child. Parents were supposed to exist for the good of the children. It was futile to resist the change. It should bo admitted that this was a difficult age for the young. There was disillusionment in the air. Everything was being questioned. Since the war there had been a general revolt against any form of discipline. Elder people saw the necessity for hard work, but the young ones drowned their power of thought in a feverish rush after pleasure.

Mrs. Louise Creighton, who was born in London, was married in 1872 to Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, who died in 1901, Among the many historical and religious works which she has published, Mrs. Creighton numbers a Life of G. A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand.