Bound Volumes, Hometown History
September 21, 2023
90 Years Ago
Guiding Your Child by Alice Clarissa Richmond: Mildred is 16 and looks old for her age. The other day she drove 40 miles or more, alone in her car, to call on a boy whom she had met a few weeks before. Her father, who would not have approved of her escapade, was out when she made her getaway. According to her mother, he is too strict and old-fashioned, so Mildred schemes to keep him in ignorance of her doings. There are two deplorable features in such a situation. First is the very real danger which the child runs in driving about the country in such a foolhardy manner. Sixteen is quite old enough to drive a car and to have an interest in social contacts with boys. But it is not old enough to have ripe judgment either in a road accident or a social crisis. The other unfortunate aspect of the case is the undermining of the father’s influence. If the child gets into any kind of dilemma her mother will have only herself to thank for granting excessive freedom to the girl at an age when she still needed supervision.
September 1933
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