Show PARENTAL PROBLEMS IS I Undirected Leisure Time Activities Result In Childrens Children's Delinquency The disciplining of youth is 13 the cause of many wakeful nights for forI I patents parents The Thc problem lies in striking striking striking ing a happy medium medium sensing sensing that I too rigid discipline is obviously detrimental to the well being of tha child On the other hand no discipline at all or existing in only feeble f eble proportions is much more detrimental to the child than rigid discipline The child not only enjoys having a firm foundation to lean on but it is a necessary part of the childs child's education Need Nood For Discipline As soon as the youngster feels that he can not get th the parental support and guidance that is strong enough to assure him that I hs h's only avenue of action is obedience and I respect for others he has but one path left to follow fol fol- l- l low low the the path of least resistance which entails a great w waste ste of leisure time This may be accomplished accomplished by school quitting quitting quitting quit quit- ting the Scout Troop forgetting the religious side of lif life taking up with tobacco and using liquor moderately at first but later becoming becoming be- be coming an inebriate This is just justan an attribute of delinquency and crime unless some form of rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- habilitation can be instituted early in the childs child's life This status in hi a a cl childs child's ld's life may maybe maybe maybe be due to lack of proper discipline at home and knowing within the childs child's mind that the influences at home ar not strong enough to successfully reproach and subdue or supplement something constructive tive for that act of delinquency Undirected Leisure Time Delinquency in the incipient stages is is practically always the res result of of undirected leisure time I ac activities among our youths The child should n not t fear the home but ct it and this will never be unless he is taught obed- obed and some of his youthful pseudo pseudo Ideas inhibited Of course when tha child hild ls is thwarted in m the pursuit urs l of sO some ni objective bH tive that the parent feels will jeopardize his wall well being some form of construe live tive activity must b be substituted as youth in too energetic and enigmatic enigmatic enigmatic eni eni- eni- eni to stay idle There are many forms of constructive con con- e e activity with which to interest youth namely M. M I. I A. A organizations that supply different activity according to age Sunday schools pubic schools etc There Theren n need ed be no leisure time to waste If f youths will take advantage of the Jio opportunities afforded Parental Parental Parental Par Par- influence may easily be ba the dC deciding factor When we consider there are ara boys and girls entering ring a caI career carer r of crime before reaching the Ute age of twenty-one twenty the immensity of the burd burden n society society society so so- must shoulder is very plain By D. D C. C SPARKS Juvenile Judge Judg-e and Coordinator for Duc and Uintah counties |