Show Li I II MARY I r j U I J. J 4 ri I ai ran 7 f. f i v r J 4 v- v letters L BY Y RUTH DEWEY GROVES EVEY GROVES mom Alom Of Ot course the parents of ot those youngsters who burned th the house are to blame Wame ame Im I'm telling you Morn Mom the kids have em m hoodooed If It I ever have a girl or a boy or both Ill I'll know it if it they arent aren't tucked in bed at a decent hour Boys Doys' and girls arent aren't really as defiant as ns they seem Just let Dad sit up and walt wait for them once or twIce with the tho business end ot of the house slipper and they'll come como home when the curfew rings s next time The whole truth Is Mom that parents are aro lax when their Children are arc small and no great harm comes fron letting them escape the parental eye a a. bit bit But once the tho kids reach the age ase when keep their they can eyes O open n after ten o'clock parents begIn to find out that the authority they've been using so sparingly doesn't mean a athing athing athing thing in the lives of or their offspring That's when they start worrying Now you may wonder how I come como to know so much Lean closer and Ill I'll whisper it because Im I'm afraid Ill I'll shock you if I write it It out loud I gleamed it all from one one of those awful psychology books I S Its It's the force of ot habit Mom 1 Kids who are arc used to parental authority keep right on obeying their parents from the time timo they creep until they ankle off to the tho minister That IsIt is isIf isif If It the authority is real No self re boy or girl is going to be talked to like like- a criminal just be because because because be- be cause pa and ma suddenly wal wake e eup up to find out that Its It's spring time in the lives of ot the younger generation genera genera- tion To have any influence authority must be used constantly The Idea of paying no DO attention to sister until sho she conies comes in after two a. a n mand mand m m- and then then jumping jumping on her with a a. whole calendar of crimes and misdemeanors misdemeanors misdemeanors mis mis- demeanors wont won't get a parent anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where with her If It sister had known all ail her life that there were rules for her liers have obeyed the rules If Jf sh she k that her parents would sit i u J Jask ask her about her evening and am gage gae in a a. little together get she wouldn't want to come with anything much to conceal Its It's the parents who fall faU a as asat a at nine nino p. p m. m while their yc YOt yo are just waking up wh who to biame With all my love j MARY MART |