Happy Mothers Day 2012

Article from Radio Mirror November 1948 

by Terry Burton

Suppose that among the many millions of mothers in our country you were chosen as the American Mother of the Year! That was exactly what happened to Mrs. Helen G. Hines of Springfield Ill. When she appeared as our Family Councelor she had so much to say that I decided the best way to pass it on to you was to let Mrs Hines speak for herself and this is what she said:

"The most important influence in anyone's life is the training he receives at home. It seems to me that too many mothers of today are forgetting this responsibility - that of teaching their children the greatest principles of living. Of course, some of it must be taken care of in schools and churches, but there is a growing tendency to leave the major part of the job to these organizations, when the home is the best place to set a pattern of life for the children."

"In my opinion two principles which children should be taught very early are respect for authority and consideration for the rights of others. I am old fashioned enough to believe that the parents, not the children, should run the home, and that the children should accept the guidance of mature individuals until they have learned how to conduct themselves so as to insure their happiness and security.

"There seems to be a decided trend in modern education to make things too easy and enjoyable, rather than a matter of honest-to-goodness hard work. We are doing our children an injustice if we let them believe that anything worthwhile can be accomplished without hard work".

The Second Mrs. Burton was heard Monday through Friday at 2 pm from 1946 and ended on November 25th, 1960.

Every Wednesday, The Second Mrs. Burton was visited by an authority on some phase of women's world interest and Terry Burton shared some of these visits with Radio Mirror readers. Although the above article is over 50 years old it could almost have been written for today's mothers!

Happy Mother's Day & Happy listening my friends,