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. 1903 Excerpt: ...These same experienced parents will not hesitate to say that the man or the court never existed with power or skill enough to make a bad boy good in two weeks under any circumstances. When Solomon said, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it," he did not mean that the ...
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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. 1903 Excerpt: ...These same experienced parents will not hesitate to say that the man or the court never existed with power or skill enough to make a bad boy good in two weeks under any circumstances. When Solomon said, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it," he did not mean that the training should commence when the child was 17 years old. The training of a child must begin in early childhood. It must be "precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Even with untiring industry and infinite patience the effort may fail. The parent who waits until his boy is 17 years old has no one to blame but himself when he finds he can do nothing with his offspring. ONE CAUSE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. One of the most noticeable facts gathered from the statistics of the Indianapolis Juvenile Court, compiled by Mrs. Arthur Kenyon Rogers, chief probation officer, is that the chief cause of delinquency was due to associating with bad company. The troubles of 145 of the first 271 juvenile delinquents who were brought before Judge Stubbs were traced directly to bad companionship, to association with "de gang." In some instances children are bad by nature, and seemingly cannot be kept out of trouble. More frequently those children who drift into evil ways are not to blame. They could be saved if the parents would but take the proper interest in their children's welfare. The glamour that attracts to evil is a strong temptation, and often the parents sit by and raise not a hand to prevent the boys and girls from taking "the primrose path of dalliance." If the parent will give the right amount of attention to steering his child away from the crooked path, his efforts in most cases w...
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Add this copy of The Juvenile Court Record; Volume 4 to cart. $38.05, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Palala Press.
