This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...side. In contrast to a drab, monotonous schoolroom, work holds out the possibility of something adult and new, of increased independence from parental authority (what 14-or 15-year-old does not think he desires that?), and of some spending money and having better clothes, which all too often his parents cannot give him ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...side. In contrast to a drab, monotonous schoolroom, work holds out the possibility of something adult and new, of increased independence from parental authority (what 14-or 15-year-old does not think he desires that?), and of some spending money and having better clothes, which all too often his parents cannot give him unless he goes to work. Along with that often goes approval from those about him because he is "helping his family." It is not uncommon for opponents of control to speak of work for children as though it were good for the child. Actually, work often creates new and difficult problems of child behavior. Why would it not? A boy or girl of 14 or 15 is unquestionably too young to be treated entirely as an adult. Yet if he works he is carrying on the adult business of wage earning, and he knows it. There are numbers of instances when he is the sole support of his family. Few child workers would not chafe if the same old supervision and discipline were attempted after they had started to work as before. This serious and puzzling situation is approached by parents with varying attitudes. "You cannot do so much with them after they get out for themselves and you cannot expect them to be so dependent on their parents then, so I give them more freedom." "Mother tried to keep up with the boys," she said, "but she could not do it, after they went to work." "I do as I please since I started work," said one child. Said his mother, "I have lost all control of my son since he went to work, though I think that he is so young that he should still be under my control as before." "You cannot do anything with them after they start to work," said another mother. Another approach shows greater wi...
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