Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-12 | Page 10 | Mother Should Use Own Judgment in Solving Problems

MOTHER SHOULD USE t OWN JUDGMENT IN SOLVING PROBLEMS Some parents never cease to be I children of their own pare parents u Instead Instead in- in stead of ol individuals in n their own right They rhey get married they bear children they ey set up households but they lack that maturity of development de- de nt which makes them able to o use their own judgment and solve their own problem m And nd of course such Imma immaturity causes constant problems in ina a home whore where for economic or other reasons reasons rea rca sons song two g generations must live to to- to gether The submissive daughter let lets eta the mother assume the whip hand land over the domestic problems she allows her to dictate when the baby shall haJi be fed how it shall be disciplined and then in despair she walls wails at her own w weakness akness and pours ours out h her r disgust and her Unhappiness unhappiness un- un happiness at the results of such dictation Both parties arc to blame It should be the thc greatest t pride to any mother when whon she has reared her children n to a point where they are re truly independent of her Respect for Tor her opinion and judgment they c can n show how to her as to any any otherwise otherwise other otherwise wise elder person But it is no credit to a mother to have her daughter either unwilling or or- orun Unable unable unable un un- able to solve her own problems The Thc girl who must ever run un home to o mother to cry out who must depend upon older members members mem- mem mem mem- bers 1 f t f her family Is emotionally unequipped for the business of be be- I ing lag a wife and mother She hasn't been weaned but Is still looking to her mother to to nour nourish sh protect and case her life for her It is to be taken for tor granted that what a mother did for her own children 20 to 25 years ago will not be in acc accord rd with the thinking or the knowledge of ot today Wise grandparents recognize that and do donot donot donot not au attempt to decry the opinions of the y younger unger generation which differ from theirs When When families live Uve together and work must be apportioned out let Jet lethe the he younger parent assume as her share the care and feeding and training of her children The grandmother has served her time Lime and fulfilled her obligations She should neither be expected nor asked to take tak over the rearing of her grandchildren Because the situation situation sit sit- de demands adjustment the from r both parties we offer the leaflet Jeanet The Pro Problem lem of ot Relatives which h hany any interested mother may have had have for a self addressed jand cen 3 centi 3 stamped envelope sent to Myrtl Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the Your Bab Baby and Mine department of this newspaper news news' paper pape Mothers must have the to care for their own children and ana then they are arc in the ideal position to dictate how it shall be don donIt done doneIt It is only when they make a nursemaid nursemaid nurse nurse- maid of the grandmother that th tha the theare theare the a are e in no position to flout her ad adVice advice advice vice however poor