Show J t I A 41 i K A Stern Reminder 1 1 JN IN HE hearing a of Nathan Nathan Le Leopold Jr and i RJ Richard hartl Loeb slayers of Robert Franks there i is a striking lesson for parents These 1 young un n men i 1 were raised aise in the lap of luxury every material tl thing mg the world has tol to l' l offer off ff r r at tl ir feet The chief things deni denied d V i them were p comradeship and under- under l 1 1 p priceless posses possessions ins 11 within the gift of ev ry father and mother mather The moth mothers rs d fathers of these y young ung m men n di did not know I until I the vJ ol disgraceful affair burst upon th them em what their sons were thinking about They apparently had little mental communion com com- t munion with their offspring else how could I. I they fail to sense sense the approach of the mental menta c. c corruption which was was to destroy their their future peace ace of mind Briefly they left their sons 3 i T too io OT much to themselves a sin which by no iio s' s sis is restricted to wealthy par parents TI There ere I are r parents rp ie ts everywhere who are arc taking this i t sa same anie mistaken course Parental or orders lers ind nd I edicts s are Issued issued in numbers nu rs b but i th there re the he f 1 parental interest seems to cease Th The whys jf f and d the the wh wherefores of this parental a authority J js fully understood by the e maturing I youth l C Some S ie parents ar are like reigning reigning- monarchs j They t-They They Fh r f feel l i it 11 is enough to issue the order J Others Jac t e st stamina mina to provide re regulations s f i IJ o of or I restrictions which ma may v interfere with the I free freedom m of 91 the youth Both are re promoting t tr trouble f for r themselves themselves' an and their heir offspring The Tle parents parent arents who are re getting getting- the most out of th their ir J lIy lives v s s' s and at the same same time giving the i e most l to to- their ir des descendants a are e those who understand un un- un- un and are understood od The greatest J c cr companionship r p in in the world is is' is that of i the sons and daughters who are re rein in every s sense nse of the the word comrades of their parents the diversity of ages and authority is wiped wipe out ut parents parent meet their s sons ns and daughters daugh ort Oil a plane of equality They are rc responsible re responsible re- re f for r the pr progress gress I of the thie race as recorded between one generation and To know your boy you must not only know what he is doing but what he lie is is thinking When he cannot frankly his innermost thoughts with his his own wn people he he is at Qt the crossroads crossroads' and ind I unless ss pare parents ts bridge this thi crisis they may may n never ver regain his confidence Compa ompa ip is little hittle more t than tian an under under- standing It is not to be had in in Ii the home which has one for parents and nd another r for tile the theyo y youth th thi Neither is it t to to h be bh hadin d in tl the home hion om where here the elders elders' are so occupied w with th I social socia or or business activities that they have v no nd time e for home life HR Run along b boy y fath fathers father's s 's busy or U Not t no now nov go some i other time time these these are re the kind of cf answers I that tha t destroy tr y co companionship p nto P ten tween n fathers I and ind d tour children children th tH afe ourI 11 sons ur r are e. e your r I greatest p possession do o you hem even evena h a fraction of the time that yOu you vou devote to your 1 business business' A gedy like the the one in Chi Chicago ago I will sour any business br- br r social success you may climb to tc with hours d denied your c children ildren H How HV V much much of your your time titie do g yop yoi give to your children's childrens problems thoughts and pleasures pleasures' Not many parents of today can answer it ito to o their own wn complete satisfaction |