THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1900.
TWENTY SEARCHING QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT HOW YOU RATE AS A PARENT
Well, are you really fit to bring up a
FACE it squarely. When you die neither
Trafalgar Square nor the village green will sprout a new monument. No top-hatted dignitary, will decorate the wall of your house with a plaque saying you lived there. In 100 years you'll be forgotten. Nothing of yours will remain.
Except our thing.
It may sound odd, but that thing will be a gurgly baty. Somewhere, some time in the twenty-rst century he will be born.
He may well resemble you with the same cleft chin, the same nose, or eves. And it's no this wonder if he does. For baby will be your great-great- great grandchild. And your only claim to immortality.
child?
BARBARA ADAM sets the test
never see. Who, probably, won't even be taught your name.
For you are, you know. The way you bring up children which, in time, will
your
The personality and be- haviour of your child is the best clue.
But if you still wonder how directly influence the way they good a parent you are, answer bring up theirs, and so un-is these questions, and find out. the link in the chain,
If you do a good job, chances are your children will do so And their children ... too. and their children's children.
If you do a An awesome thought?
bad job then the way that child in the Isn't it? And even more awe- twenty-first century will deve-
that some the thought
today up is anybody's guess. If he you are, to some extent, help- goes wrong, it will be your ing to shape the personality and fault.
life of that child. That anony- But can you tell what sort child whom you will of a job you are doing?
mous
Eight murderers look after the Governor's house
PERFECT SERVANTS, HE SAYS
New York.
THE great, rambling Governor's Mansion in the State of Ohio is run by eight murderers. Governor Mike Disalle says that the men, who care for him and his home, are the "most perfect servants in the world”—yet all of them are serving life sentences for homicide.
Three of the convicted mur derers live at the mansion which has no guards, and the others travel from the prison each day.
"But I'm not kidding when I say, I'd trust them with my life," Disalle added.
fight. He is currently studying for the ministry.
ERVIN INGLE, 26, chauffeur for Mrs Disalle. Sentenced to life at the age of 14 for murder of a 56-year-old woman.
undi
CHABLES DIPRIMA WILLIE CARROLL, gardeners. The Governor's staff of mur- Carroll shot a man after going *derers are the backbone of "beserk"; Diprima killed his Diselle's personal campaign girl friend's father, against capital punishment.
NICK COSMAL, cook, Ser-
"As I look at them I ask, tenced at 17 after a barman 'What would Society have was shot, although. it was gained if that man had been proved he hadn't fired the electrocuted?
fatal bullet.
"There's often a great deal
JOE WILCHER
kitchen
of doubt surrounding convic helper. Convicted for the tions. Hysteria, indifference murder of a romantle rival in and ambitious officials desirous 1940.
of a 'good record' often figure in cases.".
Disalle's staff at the Mansion include.
JOHN MCINTOSH, laun- Convicted of killing a derer. State friend who wrecked his car.
After noting that the con victs had given their word not
EDWIN JAMBOZY, 40, chauffeur. He drové ✡ get- away car in a 1940 hold-up in to escape. Disalle addi, "My which an accomplice killed an attendant.
FRANK JOHNSON, 45, butler. Sentenced, to life after a man died during a restaurant
experience is that you can place more faith in a convicted mur-" derer's word than in the word of a millionaire,"
BRICK BRADFORD
DR. EASTLAND STARTS THE WINCH IN THE TIME-TOP, AND PAM, BRICK AND KRIS ARE PULLED TO
SAFETY...
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Do you ever have family rows in front of your child. or within his hearing? (a) Yes. (b) No.
2 Do you ever run down your child's other parent, either to him directly, or in front of him?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
How many of the following
qualities does your child Possess?
(B) Enthusiasm.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Cheerfulness.
(d) Kindness.
(e) Self-confidence.
(1) Curiosity..
(g) Generosity.
(h) Sense of humour.
surgeons.
4 You, and your father, are
both dedicated The money to train your son ne à surgeon has been carefully saved. Now he's 18. And wants the money to buy land and become
farmer. Do you:- (a) Acknowledge it is
(c) Plead with him to change his mind for your sake?
gund
If you were very, very poor had more children than you could keep and edacale
would properly, you consider giving your new baby to a rich, child- less couple who would lavish luxuries on him? (a), Yes. (b) No.
6 Do you
think your chil- dren have, on the whole, a happler time than you did when young?
(a) Yes.
your darkest
(b) No.
Did you in
xoost
secret heart-really
ilke your parents?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(a) Yes. (b) No.
12 Do you believe the Govern-
ment should speed up plans for raising the school
AKE YOUN
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(c) Take your child out of school if you found 'his complaint to be well founded, and send him elscwbere?
leaving age, pour more 18 Your aniversity student child suddenly decides to quit and work his way ~round the world on a tramp
freighter. Would you:-
money into building schools, training teachers, and education in general? (a) Yes. (b) No.
13 Have you fold your child
the facts of life?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
Are you reasonably happily 14 At any time, how many of
married?
the following has your child
(a) Yes. (b) No.
been prone to? (a) Asthma,
Were your parents reason.
ably happily married? (a) Yes,
(b) No.
10 Are you divorced?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
his
At Christmas, or on birth- days, do you sometimes give your child more. better, presents than you can really' afford?
or.
life, and hand over the money cheerfully? (b) Refuse bin the money, and any other kind of help?
"My husband's starting to chuckle,
A FEW MINUTES LATER ON THE TOP, THANKS, PAM! WHY DON'T WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE WE TAKE HIM KRIS TO SATURN SADES BACK TO EARTH? HEADQUARTERS THERE ARE A FOR MEDICAL LOT OF DOCTORS TREATMENT!
THERE!
the right track.”
We must be getting on
By Paul Norris
WE CAN'T LEAVE V SATURN SÁDEJ IM NOW! WE HAVE TO SICK OF THAT NAYE I PONT KNOW WHY FATE HAD TO THROW "TRAT
CREATURS IN OUR
PATH!
HELP SATURN SADIE RESCUE HER FATHER
hay fever, skin rashes, headaches, or the like?
(b) Stuttering?
(c) Bed
wetting year-olds and excepted)?
(d) Painful shyness?
(three- urider
(e) Persistent tears, sulks,
or tantrums?
(1) Fib-telling?
things deliberately?
(g) Break,
cruelty
or destroy,
(b) Bouts of murderous to animals. or smaller children?
(1) "Backwardness"
studies?
in
(3) Run away (or hide)? (k) Unmanageability in any
way?"
15 Your 10-year-old wants to bike to school "like the others." The road is a dan- gerous one, What do you dot
(a) Give in helplessly?
(b) Refuse permission out-
right?
ac-
(c) Let him cycle-on the
proviso that you company him the first few times to see how he negotiates the traffic?
1
16 Your child sees you as
virtuous hero. Would you let him overbear conversa- tions in which your flawA wore exposed, or in which you boasted of income-lax Addies, amOTOUS exploits. or colossal hangovers? (a) Yes,
(b) No.
17 Η του child complained
that there svas - too much caning at his school, would
(a) Consider that the school knows its bust- ness best, and do nothing?
(b) Sail in to the head master indignantly, and dermand an explana- tion?
You can be SURE
if it's...
(a) Admire his adventurous spirit and let him go? get (b) Persuade him to
his degree first? (c) Forbid it? /
19 Your small child volunteers
to wash up-and the valu- able porcelain teapot ends up in small pieces. Would YOU-
(a) Suppress your anger, but perhaps use the teapot incident against him later?
(b) Shriek and lash out
with slaps, on-the-spot ment?
or other punish-
rationed,
and
only
"good" programmes to
be viewed at all?
(c). A menace damaging to intellect and eye-
sight alike?
-NOW FOR YOUR RATING-
First, ddd up your score:
1. a=0, b-10. 2.0, 10.
3. All 15, Six or more=10,.
Five-5, Less than 5--0.
4. a=10, b=0, c=0.
5. a=0, 6-10.
6. 5, b=0.
7. a=10, b=5,
8. 4:10, bû.
9. a=10, b 5.
Now,
mean-
what
your
that
10. 0, b-5,
11. a=10, b-0.
12. a=10, b=0.
13. 0-10, mű
14. None=15, one-10, twp=5,
more than two-0.
15. a5, 0-0, c=10.
18, 0, b=5.
17. a=0, b=5; cm 10.
18. a-5, 10, c=0.
10. 0, b=0, C=10. 20. a 0, b10, c=0.
* good job. marks but you're doing
And, more important, see your 170 AND ABOVE: Strictly self honestly and are aware of speaking, you are the ideal your lapses and weaknesses,
100 TO 125: Being a parent parent. So ideal, in fact, I think you must have idealised isn't easy, but it might be a lot if you relaxed yourself a little too much. But easier for you
a little. Children If, in all honesty, your score and unbent really is that high-then watch are people and shouldn't be out! Every action must have its either over-coddled reaction, you know, and strongly dominated.
UNDER 1001 Every danger- well brought up marvellously children have a way of develop sign is flashing red at you. ing into beatniks or worse. You're doing a bad job, and 130 TO 165: In the main must do some large amounts of casy about the rethinking about your methods you can rest future of that great-great-great--and results. be grandchild. You're not perfect,
(c) As cheerfully as possi- bie, allow that acci- dents do happen? 20 Do you think of television (a) A godsend that keeps the children quiet and out of your hair? (b) A luxury — to
Or too
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