Show I. I What Wat Is Wrong With Children I 1 it I i i C S i I e S. S 5 5 5 5 1 1 Sirs Mrs rl hn Sin In Gilert Gilbert EDITORS EDITOR'S Los OTE Io Io c An lI IN JI the only olly city ly in tl the c world worM that Shot li linn n zi city mother mother nn JUN an experienced nod and motherly woman who taken under her Wing II the boys boy and gins of n a bl big city elty and t atari rt them themon on the te right rood roid to So i. i In Inthe inthe 1 the following article airs Aletha Gilbert city mother t at of Los tiOn analyzes What 7 i Is v wrong r modern mod I t ern era children and anil offer oferl a few help help- fut fal rules to the mothers mother anti and fath ers era erl S SliT n By liT AU rA GILBERT RT City Mother of I Los 10 on Angeles Angele The great wave of unrest that ia is i sweeping over ovel the tho world today Is most insidious and subtle In Its is demoralizing de do- moralizing effects the effects the rending a asunder under of homes the tottering to the breaking point of f the tho fine old standards of ot morals and a general debilitation In t e things that once were looked upon as the ver very foundation foun foun- dation daton of life S The great and all al absorbing question queston ques ques- tion ton of ot toda today to social workers and to others who feel fEel the menace and the danger of ot this evil evi force Is how to stem the tide and turn It Into a cha channel nel which will wi dissipate Its Is effects and render It i powerless to claim more mor victims from froni from the vital force of the worlds world's social fabric fabrio lean clean clean womanhood an and manhood After rs of experience in police po po- po- po lice and Juvenile War work It and the consequent opportunity of ot seeing life in all al Its is phases I have reached reache the conclusion that nothing less than the united effort efort of world wide parent organizations In close chose co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation with wih social workers will tv alev alleviate at the evil evi I Dangers have multiplied a hun hun- in the last few years years- ears cas easy communication swift travel and diversified amusements all al constitute menaces to morality The he home circle of days which gathered all al the children around the fireside in play song and nd prayer er seems scents to have been al almost at- at most lost sight of or If I parents arents could only realize the importance S of ot being friends t to their girls and anti bOYs as well wel as their wise and lOving coun counselor S The parents of today seem too busy to Pay the proper attention t their children the children the the mother with social and household duties dutes the father futher with wih business and financial worries The children are left much to their own devices There is i nothing more inventive than tItan the restless mind of of an idle child Being young oung healthy and full ful of life they the naturally long for excitement and activity This scenery Is directed Into the wrong channels more often ofen through Ignorance Ignorance ance anee than through trough any Inherent tendency ten ten- dency enc toward vice vie One of the thE greatest mistakes parents parents parents pa pa- rents are mal making ing today is In not realizing the necessity of of direct ing jog and supervising this energy in ina in ina a way which would act as a protection tion ton rather than a pitfall While I realize It is Impossible for parents to clear lifes life's road of or all al evil evi yet et I do believe beleve It I Is within their power ver to build such sucha a foundation for Cor character that It I would minimize the danger The hc most impressionable time of hit is from the thE cradle to adolescence En- En OO and le less s indulgence at this time is most Important |