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As parents, wbat are we going te! do about our children. and the ra- dio? This modern invention whieh can do so mucb to enrich life has become quite a probiern to .many.1j parents. Like' the automobile and the movies, itbas been added to the Pa rents' growiti,9.ist of "things to Vlorry about." In previous articles we havedis-!. cussed the probiem. .Manyebidren arÉe iistening to excess;. most of tbemn are listening to programs that may be too exciting and too fuil of crime and mystery; far too many chil-« dren listen to evening aduit pro-1 grams when they sbould be in bd Then there is the other side of the rroblem-the scarcity ofprogra ms for children which are good:fromthýe standpoint of both parent and child.1 Two-fold Attitude, The attitude of the conscientious parent who wants to "do sometbing about it' is tlius two-fold. As an i7ndividual parent we must solve the problemn in our own partieular bouse- hoid, accepting radio's offerings as they are at present. As a citizen parent we should use whatever in-' fluence we have to improve the quality of the programs broadcast,~ thinking not only of our own chul- dren as listeners but of the greatI nurnber of bidren in this country vwhose parents-,are -not at al con- anything about L t What Can Mothet' Do? First let us consider what a par- ent. particulariy a mother, can do toý better the situation witbin ber own homne. When a succession of chu-. dren's' programs flrst began to MI the air in the late afternoon, many mothers deterrninediy vowed tbey would shut out the intruder. They just wudthv a radio. in the '0--Ai ;QQciin ho ~*air l cornes even more desirable by being denied him. .Perhaps its. attractive- ness- might bave palled soon any-7 way; there are "lfads" in chiidren' s radio- listening as, well, as, in, ladies' A mother here, in Wilmeétte was heard to* remark: "ýI think this pro- gram of Ligbts Outsbouldn't.be ,aI- iowed on the air. Why, my boy bas An. awful time getting to sleep after he listens tojit. This particular,pro- gram. cornes on at1 11:30 P.M. The boy was ten, years old. Are any comments necessary? Should Discr iminat Mothers must understand that cer- tain programfs are broadcast as of- ferings1 for adults; just as movies are rated as for the whole family, for youth, or for aduits only; just as for aduits that vould not be desir- able for cbiidren. Many radio pro- grams are purposeiy set at houri wbhen it is assumed children would Pot be listening. Are mothers justi- fied, then, in criticizing such pro- grams as tbough tbey were offerings for children? Do you know that at least one ra- dio chain censors its dinner hour were done, the result in many cases would be that the children listened ,nyway and thus missedeven more, Eleep in order to hear the programs. We are, thinking here of the parents who aliow even young éhilidren to stay up until the end.o! "Lights Out" at rnidnigbt. It > is so evident that. improvemnent .of this whole' radio situation depends largely uponhow. wiîse and how conscientious we, as parents, are. This course îs far from easy, but are we justified in taking any ýother? use Contructive Effort The most *effective. solution to the ea far more Dy getting a cnuad to make his own free cholce of a good program than by forcing him to lis- ten to it, or by denymng hlm the a- ternative? Wbich will be more ef- fective ini aduit lite, when he i. is Ù own free agent? Expose your child to the better radio, off erings. By hearieg good music be may dlevelop the same*en- joyment o! it which his parents feel. Historical dramatizations and the lives of- great personalities can'have, a strong appeal to the child. Par- * (Continued on page 43) I.p AIR CONDITIONIED for COMFORTABLE SHOPPING OPN THURSDAY end SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK The recent local radio. survey re- vealed that à surprisingly large num-, ber of cbiidren, even six-year-olds, are regular listeners to Gang Bus- ters, the Green Hornet; Peter Quili, etc. To* the best knowledge of the radio committee none of these are presented as children's- programs. Surely it i the parent's responsibil- . ity here to decide whetber. or notI these are suitable programns for th ir a bright a nd' colorful array ai' only bers. As witft any )d o!, denial or resti. EDGAR A. STEVENS, mnc. Evus$on tive me