HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-26, Page 10D R G . GNAIf TAR, THURSPAY, MARCH 26; 1970
With' Shiricx J, K�lier . • .
:Y �•!P1TAn•N.uMr.APY.:
Woman toW�flwfl
With all: lbs interest in
Goderich.: teenagers, Which has'
cofne to the fore in the past few
i'ye become even more
sensitive to, -the. situation, than
before. Havintwo ' young
persons in our house, I thought I
• was about as ,interested as
anyone could be in the welfare
,t
of ,,,,enagers, but I have
discovered, , through the
,,..conversation`s I've had with you
readers, - that I'm. only ,• just
beginning to getconcerned.
I. had nb idea at all that the
problem is as general as it really.
is. Somehow or other when you
' are raising children, you get the
idea that you are the only
parents in miles who are having
1 difficulty.
• 1, suppose that idea is
",- conveyed through the kids
'themselves. They give the
impression that. they.. are the
only kids who are at odds with
their parents on all kinds of
issues.... and . so you feel. alone in
—4Y -our -fight ..keep your teenagers
Ran :-light•-track inspite_ of
-themselves. • s
1 had a telephone ,call, for
instance, from a 'member of the
g
.
Knights of Columbus ' in.
Goderich.' That group is vitally
involved_the yoi:ithi' - program
for the • Roman Catholic
. youngsters in town. •
My caller told' me his group is
contemplating a coffee house. I
say
Lating
because the
members . ' are having second
th9ughts_about setting up what
become a "hang out" for
the allritf,raff that' ever drifts
through town.
And ' that's • a real fear.
Anytime you open something up
to the. teenagers with an
invitation to "do your own
thing," you are risking all ' kinds
of trouble. Sure there are -plenty
of o4 clean-�kids • who would
use a coffee house with respec
and' for the. purpose it was
intended; there are others who Some kids adjust` quickly and
wduld just love to get in' there k
and raise the roof and turn the about- their faith. Others drift
place into a dive. indefinite; manyti because
y, _ m.�;
Kids don't appreciate this mom 'and dad haven't any firm
adult concern. They, . are just commitment about their
footish enough to think they"dfe beliefs.
old enough and -wise enclugh. to This Sunday is Easter Sunday.
cope with. •every problem that It' may be just the right time to
cogld ,ever .rise..:.and why get theentire family together to
should the parents worry? worship at the church of your
My caller told me the kids choice.
• don't want supervision. I know * * ,*
this. I've talked to kids during `� I had a refreshing} telephone : meant youth counsellors...or
the Iast -week or so or so who call from ' a lady who, was some one other' than elected
visualize a Youth Centre as a reportin on the gallant officials. I doubt that town
place to get avi�ay. from. -parental .g een cou-neil- wouli••-be -interested_
behaviour of two •teenage -6-boys-a "'
few days ago
w
have given some consideration large part of th.e total sum, I
.Perhaps, to . closing , it to suspect. -- , «'�
youngsters under 16 years of age My writer goes on And,
who were not accompanied by a while 'at • it' -- ,may I groan
parent or guardian: .. disappzovai -"_.o the ,Town
In my estimation, it was no allowing,. the Sunset Hotel to
place, to send a youngster -alone. deteriorate the way they are.
Not that the .movie itself was ' With plenty of • beautiful
anything vulg_ar. The movie was ,surroundings it would lend itself,_
not the problem. for instance, to a small college so
I objected to the strong. play admirably. .Surely some special
.on emotions at' the close of the arrangements could be made
film when the audience was • among retired, capable men .to
invited to "make a decision for get together and work this out
Christ." Children (and some - for one of the. useful beauty
adults } too, of course) Were' . spots in `The Prettiest Town In
swept by emotion • to the front' Canada'." �"
of the theatre. This same lady also had some
I. do not intend to criticize suggestions for the youth
this tactic. •I just wonder if it was _program.
the place for „it ... ,especially "Incompetent parents seem to
when there was little indication be indicated- in today's youth
. in advertisements for, the movie getting into so much serious and
that it was anything more than a unnecessary trouble if left on
• movie about the problems of their own," she writes. "Prior to
modern young people. • this present, unattractive
I suspect that many mothers permissive age, youth was ,well
and fathers sent their children to concerned about planning and
the -movie expecting them to see preparing for a more lucrative •
-- something ...aboill ' their- elivw �eT ose."� v'aste.' .ch
teens; they nay even had W
supposed the kids 'would get a ``They were - not
bit of a sermon.. follow -the -leader types of
r - ns but rather those with
I wonder how many .parents.-:' moo lz
ambitions for building
understood ,that some 'kids ideals and
would, become_..
SO., .emotional.:... •a better mouse trap than anyone
"`fhey cried and laughed all at the, else ever had before they -came
same time., I wonder, if it would op , the scene," she continues.
:. not have been :-better to have , "Sp, now needed more than ever
insisted that parents or guardians are special courses at high school
attend the showingwith their levels on "How to become good
h
— rents
' al and
•a
mater!
children. •.
citizenP
* . * ... that is, if there are any of our
On the other hand "The highly priced teachers these days r
Restless Ones" suggested that a Who have enough in proper
•
faith in the Lord JeSus Christ is - knowledge to 'pass - down to
of prime importance in the life • them."
letter to the Editor
A If about youth
With reference to your
column of March 19, you invited
more comments on the
recreational problems of youth:
in the Town of Goderich. Well,
here go: •
As a young -married' without
any children-,- I-- do' tioi �feel-
.qualifaed• to discuss this, sue
from the point of view of a
concerned parent. Neither dq I
feel. particularly equipped. to
meet the issue from a teenager's
point of view, although I must
admit that the tibiilations of
adolescence. are not that
removed from my memory.
1 agree; -,«.There -is a..probletn
The question is, of course, as
you pointed out, to' determine
the nature of the• problem, its
causes, and the ultimate
solution. At this stage. of the
game, the problem is not well
enough defined:to establish an.
adequate solution.
I would' like to suggest' that
communication is one factor in
the issue that will probably be
among . ��the ` most., difficult to
overcome. Without an. honest
understanding between the
young people and the adult
`powers -that -be', no progress can
be made in either bringing the
problem into sharp . focus or
determining the correct answers
for it.
' It is my feeling that
t if many " "Give the organization a short -
`swinging' Club name,"- she
.suggests, "and supervision might
be assumed by several
Councillors - for possibly a
couple of months at a time when
another would take his turn (for
variety)...rotating across a
number of them."
"Or, some of the gentlemen in--
theeetsm» • Rat Club's Business
Men,(etc.) could make this a
very worthwhile. project,"she
writes, '`and they would have
numerous ways and means' of
keeping,,all costs at minimum, as
often such can be charged up to
`charitable donations'...•therefore
deductible." .
It isn't quite clear whether the
writer means town councillors or
youth counsellors. I hope she'
"Goderich' parents would disagree
, with this theory.
°. S. adly enough, just when kids
should be • drawing on the
benefits that faith has` to' offer,
they are often too muddled up
to see"clearly just what religion
,is all about. -. �..• ,
younger generation. - Is an ' people, then we canliot expect
intelligent and responsible too touch progress in - dealing
group; perhaps more ince ligent with. them.
and responsil!ie_-than, we,; give They believe we ` are still
them credit for, Unli a their trying to preserve the world that
' elders, they view tie with used to be and can never be
present and future in the . again," said Archdeacon
foreground; the past is relegated. Kenneth . Bolton • in the
to relative-- unimportan �iit----legislature-a: fe-w-weeks'ago: - '-
cannot b6 • changed, They. do "And that might be One of -
show a real concern abotit the more valid aspects of their
problems in our society that we "criticism of religion, when they.
just talk about; They are say, we are, no longer' relevant,-
concerned about justice, that, a owe " are . still occupying
freedom, peace, and pollution, ourselves with yesterday's
far among a host of other concerns. problems," said Roman Catli lic
Thereis no .doubt that thefr Bishop Remi De Row"in
1 '...—concern.._is _ more active _.- : ,.UanadianIViaga fine last week. _..
ours: we all read (with disgust?) Those in authority hold "that -
the reports ' of their various a 'youth is not really a person:
protest activities and other t no action is taken unless he is'
r reactions ' which' show their -
dissatisfaction with the way the
adult generations are handling
these problems. -
Ronald lb
McDonal
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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
39 t. David St., 524.6253
Goderich`, Ontario
this
accompanied by an adult," said
a seventeenryear-old Haligonian
at a, national conference , on
youth two weeks ago. -
I have read many comments "The youths are trying to• get
about the problems of youth in adults to slow down, listen to
news items and magazine articles them.' --and together try to
over the past few weeks. In discover their identities," said
.assessing a message from these Prof. Edward Lynch, a director °
clippings, it is becoming rather of the Vanier Institute, -when he
clear that adults consider addressed the spring conference
"youth" an entity` •unto itself of Zone 4 Ontario Public School
rather than a' collection of Trustees' Association. •
"individuals", each with - his own Enough said! I have, a strange
.singular "identity." Until such feeling that things may
time as the older generations ' consolidate in Goderich during
begin to `recognize youth as the next three weeks.
people, responsible thinking "Speed kills"
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supervision. That's why they go
to the restaurants, - they.:tell us.
• At least mom and dad -aren't
there breathing •• down their
necks.
.. Some kids agree that there
would ' have to be some kind of
supervision in a Youth' Centre -
or a coffee house - but they
want it to be a "Good 'Joe" who
understands kids and will be
more of,apal than anything else.
How good does Joe have to
be?
'The K of C are weighing this deed:
coffee house idea pretty
strongly. They' WANT'. to do • ' *° * `
something for their young I had another letter.from'my'
people but they don't know just friend in Toronto"' It certainly is
what is the RIGHT thing, pleasant to •have someone•who is
As my caller concluded, "No as .,,interested in contributing
„ place, at all is better than a thoughts for the hometown
hang-out." paper as this lady is.
I really believe this is the kind She tells me that unused
of concern that is keeping many : eyeglasses ' can be sent to the
• adults'from setting up a youth Canadian National Institute 'for
program for the kids.
the Blind,: 1929 Bayview- Ave.x the meantime, 1 i
So, it falls rigfirIiatkToronto.
• into the • • wondering!,.if Dr: G: P. A. Evans
kids' laps...how responsible are She also had some remarks will reasseble the exploratory
they willing to be? How about a trailer camp in Harbour committee , with an eye to the
compromising will they be in a Pik - committee •, administering the
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difficult situation'? " or Heaven's sake, let's not service on a kind Of volunteer
taking on the supervision of ,•a
My caller was lugging a huge youth group... although you
parcel to her'car when the young • never know these days. ,
mencame along and offered,to
help her.
"I was delighted," she told
me. `There are still some "nice
young teenagers in this town and
I thought you should know. I
didn't know them and they
didn't know me."
I'm willing to wager that
every mother in town•suspects it
was her son who did that nice
* * *
I understand we're right back
where we started with regard to
a Homemaker Service for
Goderich. Town council learned
Thursday evening that the
Huron County Board of Health
will not administer the service in
Goderich, because members feel
the Board cannot administer a
service in Goderich that is not
'offered on a county -wide basis.
I suppose that is a fair
decision on the part of , the
Huron County Board. •
Town council expressed regret
about it, and Deputy -Reeve
War Sheardown indicated that
if the new county welfare'
proposal goes through, a
homerhaker service lot the entire
county could be established.
have to go through all that basis until more satisfactory
l'hOse of VW who saw `The again," she writes,_ ".Harbour angeine"can �e ,,lade.
Restless Ones" last week at the . Park is the only park in town, Maybe we will- hear more
loci theatre may or may not small as it is, and those trailers soon
• have caught the line that of people, doing all' their travels • . * • * *
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4, whole lm whole section• of town look like Baptist Church Spring Tea will
I think it was April who asked slums; a real eyesore. There must be held April 11 this year.
her mother, "What did you do be farmers, on the edges of Other, years, I understand, this
when- you were young, Mother, • town, who would rent space to has been an ,Easter Tea held the
that . makes you so suspicious of the Town for such a purpose. day before Easter
toe
Anywhere in town isn't any Sunday,(which would have been
,, Man, that Line packed a place for such ugly this Saturday). The ladies ---felt-'whallop, didn't it? Isn't_ that the' accommodation as even one the weather of,ou1'd be nsure
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