| Twelve ways to raise a Juvenile Delinquent | | | | mind feast on garbage. |
| 1-Begin with infancy to give the child everything he | | | | 9-Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Do |
| wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world | | | | everything for him so that he will be experienced in |
| owes him a living. | | | | throwing all responsibility on others. |
| 2-Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In | | | | 10-When he gets into real trouble, apologize to yourself |
| this way they won't be so shocked when the home is | | | | by saying, "I could never do anything with him." |
| broken up later. | | | | 11-Take his part against neighbors, teachers, and |
| 3-When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will | | | | policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child. |
| make him think he's cute. | | | | 12-Prepare for a life of grief. You will likely have it. |
| 4-Give the child all the spending money he wants. | | | | ~Author Unknown |
| Never let him earn his own. | | | | |
| 5-Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is | | | | And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: |
| twenty-one and then let "him decide for himself". | | | | but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the |
| 6-Satisfy his every craving for food, drink, and comfort. | | | | Lord. Ephesians 6:4 |
| See that his every sensual desire is gratified. | | | | Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he |
| 7-Avoid the use of "wrong". He may develop a guilt | | | | is old, he will not depart from it. |
| complex. This will condition him to believe later, when | | | | Proverbs 22:6 |
| he is arrested, that society is against him and he is | | | | The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to |
| being persecuted. | | | | himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15 |
| 8-Let him read any printed material, and listen to any | | | | Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well |
| music he can get his hands on. Be careful that the | | | | pleasing unto the Lord. |
| silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his | | | | |