| Show Three Ch Children or Six Margaret Dest Desmond in in- inan an nn article ar- ar ar article r. r tide in ill the Alu American Magazine Maga Maga- z zinC zine nt protests against lar large e families on Oil the ground round that three children well cared fo for are arc II better than six in want i Unfortunately she confines to the ht her r consideration entirely to vie viewpoint of the p parent r nt She makes it clear clear- that it is less lees trouble and expense to rear three children than six She might logically have gone bone further further fur fur- ther and proved it easier to rear one than two and infinitely easier still to rear none at all Therefore it is logical to bring no nO children into the wor world l and thus depopulate the earth But there are arse are some very weak points in ill this line of logic For instance instance in in- stance not all ll parents wish to consider only the their r own convenience convenience con con- in the matter lo l Mot Most t parents nat naturally ally find joy in the thc sacrifice c Inv involved in the thc rearing h of children than thanin in the freedom gained n d in being child child- less This is th t the he n natural latu ai instinct which has peopled tl the c world It is second iri iii force only to the instinct of self The parents of six or even evena en a dozen lozen children are are S 1 seldom found to be bc the ones complain complain- ing They only wish ish they had more The bereavement ement of parents in the death of one of their six is not less keen than that of parents in the death of one of three Little ones are loved regardless of their num number ber bel and the more there are of them the more love the parents will gi give gie e ou out t. t And after all we are in this world for what we can can give ive to it and not for what we wc can betout get bet out of it At least that is what we are in it for if w we are in it itI I right It is not true that three chilI children chil chil- I dren are likely t to be bel s better reared than six Most l of the noblest men glen and women have hae come conle from large larg families The training in self d self denial and deference deference deference de de- de- de ference to the rights of others which is enforces enforced in large families families families fam fam- is about the best schooling a child can get It is pr proverbial proverb proverb- v rb- rb I I ial that the single child is a spoiled one Over indulgence ce and pampering are worse in the end than deprivation n and ty tr P Poverty erty is a bad thing but it itis its is s a question whether there aSre are e enot not more people with more money than tha is' is is good for them and ind for society th than n there then are with not enough dl If some SOUle people had less money less money and ind more more children the they would be contributing something to the world instead of being parasites parasites parasites par par- upon it But of course if a n womans woman's tastes lie in the thc way of dogs instead instead instead in in- stead of children it may 1113 be better better better bet bet- ter that she be Den childless childless Den Denver ver vel Express S U I |
