Show S 8 By DR LOYAL CRANE A FAMILY OF ONE The birth control advocate wont won't like this article I do not believe In raising a a- family famIly fam fam- ily ill of ot one i I do not believe e that the only child gets a square deal He Is cheated out of certain of lifes life's most fundamental relationships Moreover not Infrequently he Is deliberately cheated out of these re relationships relationships relationships re- re for no other reason than thap the unwillingness of of his parents to undergo the privations and labor that bringing children Into the world inevitably Involves es And where this I. I Is the case the only child seems to sense It with unerring accuracy thereby adding the burden of re resentment resentment resentment re- re to the tedium of his soli soIl tude Y You u have doubtless SS often been asked what you considered the Ideal family and I 1 dare say you were hard put to It for an answer A Scotch friend of mine once answered that question by saying that he considered an Ideal family one I which had in It at least two boys and two girls because not until there were at least two of each kind could each child have the experience of having both a brother and a sister While this Scotchmans Scotchman's answer perhaps sets an ideal which all aU of ofus ofus ofus us cannot attain I think It nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless never never- contains a kernel of sound wisdom which we may well remember remember remember ber and repeat But what a contrast between the family our Jur friend had In mind and I also In fact and the solitary granduer granduer granduer gran- gran duer of the only child He lIe gets too much mother love He gets too many toys and goodies He doesn't get his hair hall pulled often of often enough by furious little mUe brothers broth broth- ers and sisters He gets an overdose of teasing when the school age begins Is It any wonder he has a hard time growing up It Isn't fair fall to raise a family of one Copyright 1925 by the McClure l Newspaper Syndicate |