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Show f ---- 1 .vN 5tK(b&rtft taM i rtm -1 r- msavvrr' H tnARENTS SOMETIMES resent i the fact that their children are so time-consuming. If they would only look ahead to the day when their family is grown, and realize how short the years will be until then it would be easier to accept the lack of leisure now. If you were studying painting you wouldn't resent the hours spent at your easel, oblivious of everything but the canvas in front of you. Children are rarely that engrossingif engross-ingif you plan you can squeeze in a lot of personal interests in the course of a day's child tending. You might even get in a few strokes ; with a brush if painting is your hobby. Most couples resent their children at times because ' cliildreii interfere with some accustomed recreation, some cherished p?easure. There seems to be two courses here. I One is to leave the children in 1 competent h-.:;:'s and p!;tn for a free il".y or evcn:n? now aid then. ;any h::&' ;;aus a .1 wives fi:d this concen'.ra "oil r.n havir7 a good time tog Oser a to::k- t'ley need regularly. ! The ol!:er solution is to examine your favorite recreations carefully, careful-ly, sorting cut and concentrating on those which your children can som.'t.mes enjoy with you. If you think you have no such interests erhrps you should develop some. .7hole-.an-.ily camping trips have been managed with wonderful success suc-cess provided a bit of planning is done with an eye to ' needs and abilities of th. Ptcl set. UnS(t Or if music U yoUf , flight, the three-yea have some records of hi. l They will teach hlm spond gracefully to for quiet while yon p music, alnce he bg soon to have a chance to u hi. own. Vou, h, i( try to summon equal ,tl the twentieth repetitio ' '.'' gle Bells." iar If home carpentry and gad.e, eenng are father's hobble, T ways that small boys-or tiri,, that matter-may begin to l!! in these is obvious. And If mo( really enjoys cooking. why not7' courage the youngsters to g-ah apron and a wcoden spoon 1 help? The point Is, don't gWem fun wnen you have children ! lS'Vt a matter of either-or RatL er. it's a matter of creating fc that's the fami!y kind-stim and satisfying enough to kep so busy and happy that there b2 time for resentment. And bt t'-.e way, don't overlook the fun J sharing your child's pleasure in occasional movie. It leads to es. pression of opinions and Ideas it gives you precious insight into hij natural tastes and preferences, and it brings these rare experience! ol hand-holding delight that you can share as friends with no sgs differ, ence separating you for the mo-ment. |