PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 4493 PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 



example, by ivftiMiig to correct or permit the 

 correction of a child: by refu-iug to sign and 

 return reports' of >tandinir. or by using abu- 

 sive language to a teacher in the presence of 

 the pupils. 



Consult Bonner's Common Law of Husband anil 

 Wife and Parent and Child; Eversley's Law of 

 Domestic Relations. 



Related Subject*. The above article treats 

 the subject from the legal side only. Other as- 

 pect.- ' of the rights of children will 

 be found in the following articles: 

 Baby Children. Societies for 

 rhildiva's llureuu 

 ChiKl Study 



PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION. As a 



universal auxiliary of the public school the 

 Parent-Teacher As>o<-iation was inaugurated by 

 the National Congre-s of Mothers and Paivni- 

 Teacli.r A^ociat ion-* (see that article). As a 



M by which the largest number of parents 

 could be reached no better plan could hav. 

 been devised. It doubled the educational pos- 

 -ibilities of tin- school system by using tin 

 ^chool.- EU met ting places for parents as well 



iildren. by encouraging and suggesting edu- 



mal helps in child nurture and home mak- 

 ing. It liuli toned the burden of the educators 

 by bringing the parents into acquaintance- with 

 -< -i-urini: mutual sympathy 

 and intelligent cooperation in school work. It 

 increa>ed the intere>t in thr schools, a> paivnt- 

 came closer into touch with their nerds and 

 purposes, and, incidentally, it has been the 

 mean.- of securing many important improve- 

 ment- in -rhools. The organization of parent- 



'. r associations was begun and continued 

 by lh. National ( Mother.-, and Par- 



i owing to the fact 



thai many did not understand that the parent - 

 ,tion- \\ere blanches of the Con- 

 gress of Mothers, it d that the name b. 

 included in the ml. . and this was legally done, 

 and the organi/ation \\;i- reincorporated in 



r \\eiv t \\o Q 

 lion-, a- - I'OSe. 



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Mai ( 'oimn - oi Moth- 

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lot ini-d. in ide i||i in' tile ! 



i eacher Association*, mothers' cn< 

 and child-well s which bear the same 



B stimulation of parental interest 



iii'i edu< Mi-ntutr bean 



to t <>f school sup 



tetidelit \\ i- 



of broad vision welcomed and promoted tin. 

 movement. 



There are three reasons why parent-teacher 

 uld be generally established : 



1. To give fathers and mothers opportunity to 

 study how to develop the highest physical, menial 

 :m<l moral possibilities of their children through 

 study of child nurture and home making. 



t. To learn what the school is doing and give 

 intelligent aid to teachers, thus lightening i 

 burden and promoting the welfare of the children. 



3. To learn conditions affecting the el 

 outside of home and school, and by united effort 

 awaken the community to its responsibility t< 

 children. 



The most successful parent-teacher associa- 

 tions confine themselve- to th-> lm > of work, 

 avoiding political or other topics on which opin- 

 ions differ widely. The parent-teacher associa- 

 tion should not be used to promote political 

 preferment or to interfere with school author- 

 ity. The Bureau of Education and National 

 Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher \-- 

 sociation> are cooperating in educational guid- 

 ance for parent-teacher association-. II. idmg 

 courses for parents, the aistance of librarn - 

 in supplying books, program help and readim: 

 course.- for boys and girl.-* are available without 

 cost. 



The most valuable result of the p 



itt ion cannot be measured, be- 

 cau.-e it i- not possible to nu .1-1:1. \\i-.r ;'a'lir- 

 hood and motherhood achieved through child 

 -nidy. Some of the mat* rial benefits secured 

 by paivni-ti arhi r a--ociations in various pi 

 are the following: 



IM-o\ isinii <>f shown- baths for l.o\ -s : \ i.-trola- 

 in srhools ; hratiiiK and ventilating plants: elec- 

 tric clocks installed : pictures and pianos for 

 schools: better protection from lire: sehooli. 

 furnished; playgrounds .-quipp.-,! . n:..\ inK-pictnr. 

 machines installed: s.n-ial nt-rs established 

 cooperative investigation to impnne eurt icnhnn 

 >e\vlng classes conducted to icaeh girls to make 

 their own clothes: rest rooms furnished: milk 

 provided for children not properly nourished 

 drinking fountains i pails in sehool 



houses: warning- signs to niot..risi- j.l.i- -d al 



oaclll'Ji tO SCh". lo.oi Inilds e> 



I of buys .1. , 



i on table in. inn." - luyetlea fur 

 nlshed to expectant mothers child-W 

 dibits; streets graded and 

 buildings to business dlhtri.ts: pi >-i...l CU 



M foi mot ! , rs eondn. (<-d . Kiini 

 built and equipped: establishing i" nae- 



edlng ha* boen re- 

 markably succesiiful in developing the rhll.i 

 all-nlKht Mini!- for tnotl.. .bles 



flagpoles 



for school Van-up weeks; kin! 



established and thousand* of tablet* sa\ed ihrough 

 Ion of !:...;;. i in lufuitt liygicix 



