The Place of Parents
"Parents must learn that it is,'necessary for'their children's welfare: and mental health to retire more and more into- the background as their- children grow up,"> said Dr. E. B. Strauss at tlie conference,of the.National Council tor Mental Hygiene at Westminster.
•■"lt>iircertain," said Dr. Strauss, **,that«tlre parents who strive least : to Ijetain-".their t children's affections • sueteadtest in establishing a healthy; f table .Xielitionship' which stands,J the
test of the marriage of the children arid brings happiness1 to both parties. Parents—l any thijnking .especially of mothers—miist refrain ,from playing on the.emotkms' and feelings of their adolescent and younger children as on a musical 'instrument. Platitudes of the order,of 'My boy, you should" treat every woiha'n v as,you would your own sister,' whicli are so frequently dinned into the ears of-English adolescentSj are extremely mischievous, as is mawkish scntimentalising-r-so commonly indulged in in- popular; films• and tecomj-rate novels-^-over the • son-mother iTelationship.'V : ' ■ :-■'■■■,:■■■ y- '■■;• .- .;
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 7
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153The Place of Parents Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 7
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