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.1 ny. Oct. 18, 1959 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforL Or. 3 ' , . ; 3 I '4 i The Family Council Editors not Ihe runil Connci consists ot a fndfe psychiatrist, thfte clergymen m newtpapei ed'tot a women's editor and two writer Eacb article Is a summary ol an acnaJ report Tne Family Council doei not five advice: it merely report! on problem! that have been dealt with hy responsible agenclm ui asnmselora, Jiae J. My ex-wife tries to ' present my giving the chil dren gifts. e Cora F. He can't buy the SiiMrens love. '-'. Jim 'J. My wife and I have been divorced for several years and she has custody, of our two children. My business keeps me out of town for long periods' every year. I don't get to see much of the children. I find that when I'm with the children they are often irritable and don't talk much. I'm afraid they feel I don't love them - which of course isn't true. One of the ways I eel I can show them affec tion is to buy them very nice presents. I enjoy doing this and I can well afford it. My ex-wife has tried to pre sent my doing this. I feel sHe is bitter about my ability to melt a little of their resent ament with these gifts. She made lny daughter return a gift I gave her and I am fun- ous. Cora F. - Our daughter is 14 years old. Several months ago Jim gave her a very ex pensive piece of jewelry not the kind of thing a girl of her age should own. It was finally lost or stolen. Jim went right out and bought her an even more expensive replacement, We talked it over and Grace agreed that she was too young for that kind of thing. I didn't force her to return it. This was her own idea. I think Jim is determined to buy the children's love and it just isn't working. They are embarrassed by his gifts. They tell me they don t want them I have brought the children up to know that real love isn't expressed in materi a I i s t i c ways. They have missed their father and gifts are no sub stitute . o o Tha Council: Many un pleasant misunderstan dings lie beneath the surface m this ' case. The children are un doubtedly suffering as a result of them. In spite of the fact that "real love" isn't always ex pressed in materialistic terms, it is unfortunately one of the important ways open to a man in Jim s position. He certainly does show his devotion to children by supporting them, yet because the money is handled by . the mother, the children are; largely unaware of this. If he sees little of the children, they are naturally uneasy with him. They feel rejected by him and their un easiness makes him feel re jected by them. The right words and gestures of affec tion become almost impossible for him and he tries to use a gift to say something impor tant for him. We agree that love can't be bought, but Cora should ac cept the fact that money must do some of the speaking for a father. In view of this she should definitely not have en couraged her daughter to re turn the gift. She should have made her aware that it was a symbol and declaration of love and spurning deeply wounds the giver. We get the impression that there should be more contact between these parents on the matter of the children. If they cannot meet alone amicably they should meet from time to time in the office of a lawyer or family friend where they can, talk over matters affect ing the children. If Cora feels that expensive jewelry is . un wise for. a teenager, she snouia be - able to offer a different suggestion. The chil- aren snouid be made aware that Dad might want to send them to an expensive camp or will take care of a big medical item. Aside from that,. Jim ought to work at keeping up as close contact with the children as possible. Telephone calls, let ters, inexpensive souvenirs will do some of the talking for him when he is forced to be away. 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