Show Smoking Drinking Quarrelsome Quarrel Quarrel- some Parent Called Worse Than Useless By C. C M. M Nielsen Judge of the Juvenile Court nOM my experience In In the tho F FROM juvenile court I would say that of the fathers and mothers with whom we come comein comein comein in contact the mothers are of far more benefit in rearing the child than the fathers Out of the great great number of cases we handle in comparison with the number of instances in which fathers prove themselves unworthy and Inefficient inefficient 1 dent the number of cases in which mothers similarly fail faU is infinitesimal From the cases I handle I be believe believe believe be- be lieve the loss of a father to be beless beless beless less important than it may seem to some It is a general impression that the authority of a father is necessary to the proper rearing of the child I seriously question It Where fathers speak to their children in a friendly way it does much good but the cruelty of fathers in punishing their children chil chU- dren for minor offenses is essar essary A very large proportion of fathers fathers fath fath- ers coming tired to their homes at night fuss tuss fume complain use unseemly language and and quarrel Mothers lothers could do better with their children if they never saw such fathers because tho the quarreling and fussing is bad example for the tho children Some fathers drink Mothers could do better bettor with their families if It such fathers never saw their children Other fathers smoke before their sons Such children would be better better better bet bet- ter off oct If they never saw their fathers I bell believe eye of the families whose internal troubles f t must adjust that the average mother could do better with her children without I the father than she could do with him were she relieved of mo money ey cares In fact cases where fathers are compelled to pay money Into I the court for the support of their children proves this as the children children chil chi dren get along much better than if under the direct care of their fathers There is not a very large proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion of cases in which the state could not perform without much harm to the child the functions of the father but in only a small proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion of cases could it perform the tho functions of the mother without without without with with- out damage to the tho child In the state Institutions children are taught to be good because anything any any- thing bad is against the law The average father the kind we have to deal with does doE's not teach more to his children if It he teaches as much And many by bad ex example ex- ex ample such as smoking drinking cursing and quarreling teach their children many harmful things As a matter of fact the trained mother almost always could do much better without the father around the house than with him there |