A New “Agony Aunt” Arrived

“Agony Aunts” have been popular in newspapers and magazine since the late 1800’s. Men and women usually wrote under fictitious names in the 1920’s, but James Samuel Lacy wrote under his real moniker. Being an educator, his focus was on children and parenting. Many of his columns focused on manners and morals. This was posted in the San Pedro News Pilot in 1929, announcing the new feature and requesting letters from parents. We have several of his columns and  advice already posted in our archives. – “Has your experience with your own children in guiding them to paths of beauty and service given you an insight into problems of child training which you would be willing to share with other parents?”

Tuning in With Our Children

By James Samuel Lacy, Chairman of School Education

Do questions arise in connection with the guidance of your children which you would be glad to discuss with a friend who will listen with a sympathetic understanding? James Samuel Lacy is that friend.

Has your experience with your own children in guiding them to paths of beauty and service given you an insight into problems of child training which you would be willing to share with other parents?

Send a report of such successful experience to James Samuel Lacy who conducts Tuning In With Our Children, a feature appearing daily in the pages of this news paper. Your ideas, no doubt, may serve to help other parents, who find themselves confronted with a dilemma as to the proper procedure for their children's best interests.

Tuning In With Our Children is for all fathers and mothers, and for all friends of children everywhere. This is your column. We want you to use it and the expert service of its author to the fullest extent.

Address James Samuel Lacy, care of this newspaper.– San Pedro News Pilot

State Chairman of School Education of The California Congress of Parents and Teachers

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