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TRIUMPHANT ARRIVAL Crew of the balloon "Small World" is welcomed on its
- arrival in Barbados after drifting and sailing 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean,
from the Canary Islands to the West Indies. Seated center are Colin Mudie, 32, and
his wife Rosemary, and behind Mrs. Mudie is Arnold Eiloart, another member of the
-- crew. Part way across the balloon came down and they floated the rest of the way
in the gondola.
The Family Council
Editor's note: Tne F-mU Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors. -
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. Mr. T. G. My wife and I
are very much concerned
about our 17-year-old son,
Bob, who seems to be straying
away from the best we have
been able to 2ive him in his
upbringing.
tlT itrAvn nairfii" crTMftT V rP- :
ligious, yet we tried to instill
the fundamentals of religious
faith and ethics in our chil
dren. There are four others,
both younger and older than
Bob, and they have taken to
these teachings. Some are less
actively interested than oth
ers, but none have taken Bob's
attitude of sneering and mock
ery. It is not purely the reli
gious question that worries us.
Bob scoffs at all morality. He
gets very worked up about
these things. It seems more
than a case of adolescent re
bellion. I'm afraid he's going
to act on seme of his ideas
and that would lead to trag
edy. Robert G. My father has
always considered himself a
man of reason, but at the first
hint of rational discussion he
has threatened to run me out
of the house. He expects me
to be like my brothers and sis
ters to follow blindly with
never a hint of challenge.
Well, I'm just not built that
way. I always did think there
was a lot of hypocrisy in my
home and now that I'm old
enough to evaluate what goes
on I can see that my parents
are really very confused,
frightened and insincere.
Here is the kind of thing I
mean: my father is quick to
condemn any man or woman
who strays from the straight
and narrow path as far as sex
and marriage are concerned,
but I have watched him look
at some of my sister's friends
in a leering way. Isn't that
pretty miserable behavior
from a holier-than-thou man?
The Council Robert seems
to be having some fairly se
vere conflicts and we suspect
that some of his worst diffi
culties are not in the home at
all, but are in the area of his
social relations with boys and
girls in his own age group.
. The T. G.'s should . recog
nize that rebellion is the
weapon adolescents must use
to find their own individuality
and define their own person
alities. If the youngster finds
a lot of personal expression
in school, hobby and social
activities, his flare-ups at
home are more likely to be
widely spaced and not too in
tense, .
If the young boy or girl
does not develop personal
strength and importance
through some objective activ
ity, he or she is more likely to
feel- crushed by powerful par
ents. Such an adolescent is
likely to feel ashamed of his
parents and be very critical
of them. He deeply resents his
own smallness and weakness
next to them and tries to pull
them down from their exag
gerated position of importance
to him.
It takes some clever maneu
vering to " avoid getting in
volved in such a youngster's
trap. A child-parent feud can
be created which last for
years and serves as the young
ster's only form of serious activity.
We would recommend that
the T.G.'s avoid acknowledg
ing Robert's below-the-belt
personal attacks, but that they
show him they are interested
in his finding his own under
standing of life and morality
through serious study and
questioning. They should en
courage him to read " more
about his religion and take
some of his questions to his
clergyman. They should try
to help him find his voca
tional inclination and guide
him into developing his abil
ities. ,
(Copyright 1958, General
Features Corp.)
BRITISH COWPOKE
Hollywood (DPD Martin
Stephens, 9, figures he'll be
the bestsiressed cowpoke in
London when he goes back
home to England after com
pleting his role in MGM's
"Count Your Blessings." He
came to this country in early
fall, began saving every stray
bit of change and now has
bought a western outfit, com
plete from Stetson- to spurs
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