| Show ARE YOU A DOTING PARENT t their All too often orten parents arc are inclined to believe that chil children ren can do no wrong When the kids get in trouble U it t is is the fault of some one else elfie or tHe superiors arc are too or the law is unfair All too many right here in this community simply close clone their cars ears and their e eyes es and their min minds s to the possibility pos i of an any wrong-doing wrong b by their offspring Since such a thing is unthinkable it simply shall not be con con- The mind is closed And all aU too many parents spring blindly and lud fiercely to t the c defense of their children e even en n when they must know sleep deep in their hearts that the chik have ha done wrong and nd some one else is administering the punishment which h has s been een lacking at home All of which makes a recent editorial in the Box 1 Elder lder Journal such uch splendid reading Publisher Charles Claybaugh Claybaugh Clay Clay- baugh was pardonably the proudest man in Utah a year ago ngo wll when n his son Tuff led the Brigham City football team to to the f state tate championship an and deservedly e deser ly won on a place pInel on the state all-state team This Thi year his son was kicked off the team tarn along with 10 0 or 15 others ir others for breaking one of the training rules Cla Clay writes I I I suppose suppo-e a as a doting parent I should hould be cussing the the coach the principal the Board of Education and atHI the entire school school Administration but Im I'm not You You see SI he broke one of the training rules that he promised promis rl to keep and I signed co-signed the agreement with him We Ve both knew the rules miles and they are are still tacked up on the bulletin board at home I The rules are arc si signed ned by hr the father mother and the in the list boy participating There isn't a single rule that I would have haye chan changed d modified revoked or conclusion that t it Which brings brims me 1111 up lip to the shouldn't come as a great shock surprise or shaking earth-shaking event when a boy bor is kicked off the team for an infraction 1 should search souls Perhaps instead we parents our s to set sec how we have ha failed our kids Instead of raising a big abig big stink stink and creating a crisis perhaps we sh should check check ba back k e. e how we have fallen down This This unhappy affair meant the end of any dreams have had of a repeat performance per per- that Box Elder students may of th the state championship classic c of last year Wi Without out doubt douht the most root disappointed were Coach Ferguson other members of f the staff son hon Principal l' l nt Payne and But there are certain principles that you cannot compromise and nud 1 I would be the last one to ask for such a n colleeN concession ion You cannot hold your our head up and sh show w f favoritism the rules rul's must apply to all who play under them Hen even as state all halfback To err erl i. i is human humon we e all do dov v Wi we might as well a admit mit it To repeat it is something different You should learn is that most of those kids b by t experience and my guess g realize now th that lt the athletic committee intends to enforce the rules isn't the most Because after all winning games important important- i t. t thin thing enjoyable able as it is Were We're trying to build men |
