| Show modern home fails in mission of training for independence by RABBI BARNETT R BRICKNER cleveland RENTS who expect to mold the destiny of their children as it they nere wax or clay are doomed to failure the function of the parent is to rear the child so that he can take intelligent charge of his own life and be an independent personality some parents are dictators others are simply errand boys for their children tle more I 1 see of modem homes and parents the more I 1 marvel that many children do as well as they do the correct attitude toward the child is to regard him like a seed that grows whose physical nature and temperament are set at birth heredity as important but not a dominant role in the life of the child parents contribute per cent of what he is half of the remainder he owes to his grandparents the children of today are independent and nothing can keep them from being eo and the best thing that parents can do is to train children for independence so that they may be self controlled and self governing the reason parents do not influence then children religiously is because their home has ceased to be a spiritual place most parents are either negative or formal in their relation to religion yet the child will need religion to help him over the frustrations of life what our young people need today is a little less intellectual conscience and a little more moral conscience in the last analysis it is the home that plays the most important role in influencing the character of the child the chief business of a home is to make fine tastes contagious |
