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Show FAMILY LIFE MEET Train and Guide For Discipline, Says Educator . A successful Family Life Education Ed-ucation Conference, held in three west Millard towns last Thursdayl was built around the theme that today's children are tomorrow's a-dults. a-dults. Several hundred parents of Hinckley and Oak City heard the lecture and discussion on meeting the needs of children at home and at school, with emphasis on the home as the most important ,teach ing agency. At the night session In Delta, 160 attended. The conference was arranged on both sides of the county by Millard Mil-lard county school district, A. M. Maughan, superintendent, and Rog er- B. Honeyman, director of Adult Education. The program was part of the over-all adult education program. Mrs. LaVonne Morrison, president of Delta PTA, was in charge of the Delta meeting. Three numbers num-bers by the Delta high school chorus, chor-us, directed by Evan C. Christensen, Christen-sen, preceded the main speaker, Prof. Moroni Brown, assistant Prof, of psychology at the U. of U. PSCHOLOGIST SPEAKS Mr. Brown is chairman of mental hygiene for the state PTA, and clin ical instructor in psychiatry at the U. He is also the father of 5 children, 4 boys and 1 girl. There were many other fathers in the audience, interested in hearing if psychology helped a parent. Mr. Brown's theme was "Newer Meanings in Discipline", and he stated that he meant discipline as training and guidance, rather than punishment. He warned parents par-ents against extremes of rigidity or over-permissiveness, but rather follow a middle course. SPARE THE ROD He said spanking was animal training, though he admitted an occasional smack was a help. He decried seding a child to bed or denying him a privilege or pleasure pleas-ure as punishments. He said there were better ways to discipline children, and an excellent way was to put yourself in the child's place to try and understand why he did what he did when he did. DISCUSS PROBLEMS A panel discussion followed, with Miss Winifred Hazen, consultant, family life education, state department depart-ment of public instruction in charge. char-ge. Taking part were Jerry Judd Hinckley high school, Jean Pratt, Gill Hilton, Delta high school, Mr. and Mrs. Burnis Finlinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Marven Moody. They discussed problems of youth for a . 30-minute period. Then the open discussion followed, follow-ed, and Mr. Brown was peppered with queries by parents. Many good points were brought out, by both parents and Mr. Brown, and all agreed that discipline is a strong bulwark of moral fibre for both parents and children .The conference closed after a summation summat-ion by Supt. Maughan. |
