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Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands
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Harris Livingston Street, the youngest child overly protected by his mother, struggles with self-discipline in marriage, relying on her for solutions. Facing impending fatherhood, he assumes responsibility, reconciles with his wife, and overcomes his dependency.
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By John and Jane Strickland
TODAY'S PROBLEM: Self-Discipline
Harris Livingston Street, Allentown, Pa., was the fifth child in his family and eight years younger than his next older brother. Being the baby of the family, he thought himself abused when his older brothers and sisters 'bossed him around,' and when he was not allowed the privileges of the older ones.
His father was the type of father who buried himself in his career and gave little time to any of his children. Only his mother could be counted upon to stand by, and truly she gave him double measure. He learned early to 'tell it to mama' which habit he carried through his school and college years and even into his married life. He didn't make friends readily nor did he keep long those he did make. He leaned too much on his mother to develop self-confidence, and her attitude of protection robbed him of any chance for self-discipline.
After marriage his lack of self-discipline continued as a bugbear, and it was not long before his wife realized that his mother came first and that she followed second . . . way down the line. Finally after several months of anything but a happy married life, with her husband running to his mother to solve their problems, she told him if he felt more married to his mother than to her that he should go back to his mother's home. In a huff, he did just that. His wife got a job to support herself, and was all set to give up the home they had established together when she was to become a mother.
By this time her mother-in-law had found that she was no longer making her son happy in his old home and when she heard the news that her son was to become a father she had the good sense to place responsibility upon him for the first time in his life. That done, Harris went back to his wife, finding her most happy to have him back.
The new responsibility made Harris feel at last that he was a man; his wife now looked to him, and the biggest problem that had ever come to him was on its way to being solved.
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Harris, spoiled and protected by his mother, lacks self-discipline and runs to her for marital problems, leading to separation. Upon news of fatherhood, his mother encourages responsibility; he reconciles with his wife and grows into manhood.