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Editorial
February 12, 1952
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
In this editorial, V. Scott Ellis proposes a 'Bill of Rights for the Home,' emphasizing children's rights to happiness, play, noise, and personal development to foster good citizenship, while recognizing parents' rights to calm and help from children, and addressing conflicts between these rights.
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ATLANTA DAILY WORLD
Tuesday, February 12, 1952
MAJORING WITH MINORS
BY V. SCOTT ELLIS
A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE HOME
Are we making citizens of our children? Are we helping them to serve their country fearlessly, honestly, unselfishly, tomorrow, because our homes today are peaceful small republics in which children are being trained to be worthy citizens?
A child has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to be happy; he has a right to the tools and the time and the clothes for the untrammeled play; he has a right to make noise; he has a right to have sufficient time in which to work out his own schemes of living.
The child's parents and the home have rights. We have a right to our twentieth century nerves which we can't help, and which inevitably gripe us. We have a right to cherish our polished mahogany our Dresden china, our Italian terra cotta; we have a right to expect our children to help whenever they can, for the big daily services which we cheerfully and unhesitatingly render our children.
Sometimes these two sets of rights, the children's rights and our rights, clash. The children's play, the children's noise, the children's general glad free-heartedness work havoc with our nerves and with our things (home furnishings, etc.) A worried little
Tuesday, February 12, 1952
MAJORING WITH MINORS
BY V. SCOTT ELLIS
A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE HOME
Are we making citizens of our children? Are we helping them to serve their country fearlessly, honestly, unselfishly, tomorrow, because our homes today are peaceful small republics in which children are being trained to be worthy citizens?
A child has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to be happy; he has a right to the tools and the time and the clothes for the untrammeled play; he has a right to make noise; he has a right to have sufficient time in which to work out his own schemes of living.
The child's parents and the home have rights. We have a right to our twentieth century nerves which we can't help, and which inevitably gripe us. We have a right to cherish our polished mahogany our Dresden china, our Italian terra cotta; we have a right to expect our children to help whenever they can, for the big daily services which we cheerfully and unhesitatingly render our children.
Sometimes these two sets of rights, the children's rights and our rights, clash. The children's play, the children's noise, the children's general glad free-heartedness work havoc with our nerves and with our things (home furnishings, etc.) A worried little
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Reform
Moral Or Religious
Education
What keywords are associated?
Children's Rights
Family Rights
Home Republic
Child Citizenship
Parental Nerves
Play And Noise
What entities or persons were involved?
Children
Parents
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Bill Of Rights For The Home
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Balancing Family Rights
Key Figures
Children
Parents
Key Arguments
Children Have Inalienable Rights To Happiness, Play, Noise, And Personal Development To Become Good Citizens.
Parents Have Rights To Peace, Protection Of Possessions, And Assistance From Children.
Conflicts Arise Between Children's Freedoms And Parents' Needs, Requiring Balance.