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Noble Thoughts, and Nicholls' Notions
train people to Jive worthwhile
lives inour society, So we -teach
history so we will know.7hou:t our
past and hopefully lecirn'from"it;
geography so we will know where.
WHAT A(§OUT MARRIAGE.
. One of the tasks of educators
(and I iric fide parents and -church-
es and schools in this group) is. to
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we ,are in' relation to the rest of
the world;. mathematics so we can
buy and sell.ancd build machines"
and develop logical and abstract
thinking; health so we can take
care of our bodies;; and 'so on,.
And, in spite of the criticisni
leveled at educators, we have
done very well -in this task as far.
as we 'have gone, But one of the
biggest ,failures iti education is
,that we train peopleto.do. every'
_thiag_else except the one thing
that most people will be doing;.
getting 'married and becoming
parents. • We prepare people :.to
live with coniputors but we' do
nothing to' prepare people to
live with a marriage .partner. We
'teach people how to raise live-
stock but we donothing to teach
them how to raise children. '
Many couples who come to
be marcid have no idea about
marriage responsibilities or how'
to. get along with a marriage
pa,rt•ner.,'Love ,• which.might be.
called that special kind. of
feeling"-which'makes them break
out in goose -bumps, iso enough ,
as far as they are c.onc'erned But
these'goose,bumps will,never
pay the bills when the going gets
tough, or..carry couples through
the crisis of -sickness or help •
•them through the monotony of'"
routs& living which Conies, to all
marriages at one time •or another.
Nor:will it help with the irrita-:
tions which. create conflicts •
between two people. Often the •
only education they have receiv-
ed for marriage' comes from the •
parents (this .is only good if
the parents' marriage ha's: been.
harmonious) and the •mov.ies and
television (which usually give a
distorted .picture of life in gener'-
al). Does it` not seem strange
that in our society. we demand
that *people pass a• test .be fore
they:can get -a-licence ;to drive .,
'a car; and yet .we .allow anyone
1of age to buy a licence for'ma.r
riage- withous having any -idea-
what
ideawhat they know about •marriage
and what it takes to• make 'it
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'The same difficulty applies to '
parenthood. As a minister 1 am .
in contact with many new parents
who are frightened by the 'pros- •
pect of parenthood. They have
no idea ho'w�to raise ciiildrre� —
Their• only knowledge 'comes from
the example of their jarents and
they are not certain that their
parents methods of child-rearing
were. the best. Often poor parent -
:hood is perpefuatcd bcca
'onelinowLbetter.aw 4s Of raising
children. The amazing thing is
t so many children turn out so
well-inspite.,of.. their. parents!
But how much `better job could
:be done if potential parents, were
formally, trained in .the best
methods of parenthood.
Is marriage a right that' every-,
one:should have regardless of their
readiness for it? Should ,every
couple be allowed to be parents
without knowing about responsible
parent•hood? •
I think We'' should; demand. a
standard for: marriage arid parent-;
hood' in our society and require
people 'to prepare for 'these. im-
portant steps in life. Couples
should have to pass a ;test
before• their marriage';to ensure •
ha-t--their--nna-t'riage. w ill -ha -t
every chance to succeed. 1
believe that: such training begin-
:ping in the early years of formal
training would go,a long way in
preventing so much divorce and
marria_e breakdow and in `•rov
iding better parents•for coming
generations of children,
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AT1!ENTION
The cominunify was saddened
ton Saturday morning', when the
.news was received that .little
•
Dean Gibson, son of Mr: and
MTrs . Ernest Gibson had .passed
a 'way in.hospital in London. Dean.
had been in poor healthfor abotit•
a year and.bad. been .a. patient
• in. hospital many times during
the. past year Sympathy°is
extended the•parents and sisters
as well as to the other' relatives..,•
`.: Eldon Eradle} a=iid '\irs .
coli. e: 1c Cha
rles \.ere iii. •Guelph.
`cr ','eH 'a s where the'v'attend-
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. `a r.d\•t* ilav€;' het r::i1:s \' in: the
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the roads, and the e,. -usher ca.n be
hoard earl\• •inthe .emir. , keep-
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