PORTLAND/OBSERVEK Jan. 14, 1971
Parents shirk responsibilities
R e p o r t s now that several
youths have attempted to snatch
the purse from elderly women.
I know that this situation does
not exist in Albina alone, how
ever, wherever it does it is
wrong.
An onlooker, hearing a con-
c e r n e d citizen talk about the
matter, commented to a neigh
bor, “ What are these young
sters going to do next?“ It was
an appropriate question, but it
was addressed to the wrong
person. It should have been
directed to the parents of the
errant youths.
The present trend of this day
and age indicates that many of
the parents fear their children
and their reactions to the point
that they allow the children to
run wild. This is wrong and, in
the end, the parent usually
winds up on the short end of the
proverbial stick. This too, is
not as it should be.
A parent, several generations
ago, explained to his child that
if he (the child) had been so
sm art, then the powers that be
w o u ld not have provided him
with parents to give him guid
ance as he grew. There would
not even have been any need for
a growing up process. Each
child would have come into this
world as a grownup and there
would have been no time for de
velopment and learning. But, as
it was, each child had to have
a period in which to learn and
grow and receive the benefit of
the experience of the parents.
To many children are turned
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Here's a r a i n y weather
driving tip from the Portland
T r a f f i c Safety Commission:
You need a lot more space to
stop your car on wet pave
ment. And rain also reduces
visibility. So, the only answer
to rainy weather driving is to
slow down......that'll give you
more time to spot trouble and
extra space to make a safe
firm stop.
in the commission of some
loose and allowed to grow as
they will. Too few children get
the kind of parental supervision
that turns out useful citizens.
Police juvenile officers are
concerned over the fact that
many parents seem to just let
their children wander at will
with no attempt at effective su
pervision.
Parents seem to be oblivious
to the basic needs of their chil
dren past eating and sleeping,
until the child becomes involved
crime and then they ask them
selves what happened. For the
most part, they don’t want to
hear criticism and they seem to
ignore that the blame for the
f a i l u r e of the child rests
squarely on the shoulders of the
parents.
G r a n t e d , there are those
cases that are exceptions to the
rule, but they come few and far
between. In the main children
are the sum total of those things
they have been taught (or not
taught) and there is practically
no way to avoid shouldering the
responsibility.
Parents no longer seek to set
examples for their children and
they laugh at those people who
do. A few days ago, a family
was going to church and several
of the children belonging to a
neighboring family gathered at
the front doors and laughed
quietly among themselves at the
group. This is a sad state of af
fairs when parents attempt to
rear their children in what
would seem to be the right way,
and others poke fun at them.
The parents of today’s off
spring need to take a good, long
look at themselv?s and ask
themselves if they are really
doing all they can to help their
own children to grow in such
a manner as to be decent and
worthwhile citizens in this top-
sy-turvey world.
The time has long since
passed when parents could say,
" I ’ve done the best I can,” be
cause this is not true. Perhaps
they have done as much as they
chose to, but to say they have
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d o n e as much as they could
would be a lie.
Every parent in the world can
teach his child to tell the truth
and to have honor In Ills dealing
with other people and to respect
the rights of others. To do any
less is an injustice to the child
and very nearly guarantees that
th e child will become incar
cerated. Is this the way you
would have your child end up?
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and night
center
T h e Metropolitan Area 4 -c
Council’s Family Day and Night
Care Program for the .Vfodel
Cities area is accepting appli
cations from persons who want
to be day o r night care parents
and parents who need child
care. The office is located at
the Highland Community Center,
4635 NE 9th Avenue, telephone
- 288-5091.
Day and Night Care Parents
are evaluated, certified and
trained by the social service
staff. Children to be served are:
those from 0 to 3 years; older
c h i l d r e n who for physical or
emotional reasons cannot adjust
to group care in a child 6are
center; children through ele
mentary school age who need
care while parents work at
night. Fees are based on the
f a m i l i e s income and financial
obligations.
Seventeen Day and Night Care
Mothers attended a three day
orientation and training session
and are now ready to receive
children. Training sessions in
cluded: the program and goals
of the Metropolitan Area 4-C
Council; the role and responsi
bilities of the parent, flay care
parent and social worker; child
development and activities for
young children; health; and nu
trition. Speakers Included: Mr.
Ed Smith, Secretary of the Met
ropolitan Area 4-C Board of Di
rectors; Mrs. Bert Jermany,
Social Worker for the Family
Day and Night Care program;
Miss Jackie Kling, Child Devel
opment instructor and supervi
sor at Jefferson High School;
Mrs. Sally Toman and Mrs. ??
nurses from Kaiser Foundation
Research Institute; and Mrs.
B a r b a r a Harris, Nutritionist
from the Multnomah County Ex
tension Service.
Mrs. C h a r l e s (Charlotte)
Brandon was elected to the Pol
icy Board for the Family Day
and Night Care Program.
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