MOLLYCODDLING BAN
NAZI COURT DECREE BOY TAKEN FROM HOME BERLIN, Fob. 10. German children who are mollycoddled will, in future, be regarded as "waifs and strays," and removed from the control of their parents. This principle, which has been laid down by the Appeal Court, reminds parents that they must bring boys up in a manly way. The court ordered the removal oi a boy, aged 15 years, from the home where he was being brought up by his mother, grandmother and aunt. "The boy's upbringing exclusively in a feminine circle was," it was held, "devoted solely to his comfort and consequently he is growing up a solitary, slack, and spoiled youth nol equal to face life."
The boy was placed in an institu tion.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 5
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125MOLLYCODDLING BAN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 5
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