FAMILY SOCIALS.

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1917, Page 61

FAMILY SOCIALS.

Too many young folks seem to think that it is quite the proper thing to have their socials and amusements as far away from home as possible (says the- Sacred Heart Review Anything or any place, providing it is out of sight of father and mother. This looks like ingratitude and lack of appreciation for those who spend themselves for the sake of their children. However, the above is not always the explanation for home desertion. Children are often thoughtless and parents are sometimes tactless. Little family fetes once a week or oftener, entered into by the whole family, would in a short time remove all of this strangeness and do much to strengthen family affection. What is done at society meetings can be done at home. Make out your programme, assign parts, invite your children’s companions and you XVillsoon find that the older ones will be entwining their arms around you while the younger ones will be climbing over the back of your chair or perched on your knees. Young men and women who act as if home were only a safe place for keeping their clothes, taking a hurried meal and stealing a few hours sleep, should consider this.