Raising Delinquents! From the Panel Discussion at Englehart Convention Here are 12 rules for parents for raising a ' v ' elin uent: I lmléniiigijn inqinfancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he Will grow UP bellevmg the world owes him a living. “ . †2. When he picks up "bad" words or dirty words. laugh at him. That will make him think he is “cuteâ€. He will run off and pick up some other words that will blow the top off your head. . 3, Never give him any spiritual training until he is twentyâ€"one and then let him deCide for himself. By the same logic, never teach him the English language. Maybe when he is old enough he may want to speak Bantu. ' 4. Praise him in his presence to all the neighâ€" hours: show how much smarter he is than the neighbours children. 5. Avoid the use of the word “wrongâ€. It may develop in the child a “guilt complex". This. Wlll prepare him to believe that when he is punished later on for stealing cars or assaulting women, society is "against him" and that he is being “persecutedâ€. 6. Pick up everything after him â€" his shoes, his books, his clothes. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing burdens on others. 7. Let him read anything he wants. Have no concern whatever for what goes into his mind. Provide him with paper cups for his lips, but let his brain drink out of any dirty container for words and ideas. 8. Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children, In this way they will be prepared for broken homes later on. 9. Give him all the spending money he wants; never let him earn his own. It). Satisfy every craving of the child for food, drinks and everything that has to do with the sense of taste and touch, gratifying every sensual desire. 11. Take his part against policemen, teachers and "Eighbours. They are all “prejudiced†against your child. 1’1. When he gets into real trouble, always defend yourself and say: “I never could do any- thing with him." What a Spirit! T THE TIME of the Central Ontario Area AConvention we were told that the delegate from Vandorf Institute, Mrs. Douglas Al~ corn. was the mother of a family of seven and was free to attend the convention only because her friends in the Institute were taking care of her children. that is the four younger ones; the three older boys at home with their father were quite capable of taking care of themselves. We asked one of the Vandorf members, Mrs. Marion Starr. about it and this is What she told us: “Mrs. Alcorn is a wonderful person and We were proud to send her as our representative. The suggestion came from one of our members who put it this way: ‘1 think Rita Alcorn should go. She‘d be a good representative, she‘ll bring us back a good report and besides she needs the 24 Port of the display of museum items set up :lgin County Women's Institute Convener: oi His'u RE. Search, with Mrs. Anna Obendorf who i:an 19m from Hungary six years ago, demonstrating in Jim; and spinning of wool, on olmOsl forgotten a jam. odci but which Mrs. Ohendorf learned as o . her native country. change. I‘ll take Regis.’ Regis is the Sl'llit! ~ ter. The girl beside her said. ‘Wonde: Ill take the baby.‘ A woman across the in. ,lld. ‘I could take Robert,’ and our president lied off by saying, that leaves just Jimmy i ne.‘ So that‘s the way it happened." Our informant continued: “Although Rita has seven children will manages to be community minded; he ‘ilh everything that's going on. She come out Home Economics and Health committee : is taking millinery at night school this wu .in she created a truly fabulous hat to web the convention. She is a real inspiration to us‘ I‘m sure she is to others. We were all t the had those three days of change because >~ rut†home to find Regis down with mumps: ‘63 in for a siege for certainly the other tint ‘llle ones will have them too.†The mothers in this Institute do seeir tin- derstand one another‘s problems. And ‘ a spirit there must be in Vandorf! A Proï¬table Annual Auctit By Mrs. James Moulton VERY FALL, Mount Elgin Worm 1n- E stitute holds an auction sale in W 'm' munity hall. The work is organized Ll†committees so it is not too heavy for - "n: and the returns are good. One committee has charge of the sale 05 tables, apples, fowl, eggs and other thing5 “‘1? farmer's wife could donate, and 0f dD’“ 0m HOME AND COUNTRY