Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends

　　and regard it as a slur on their own cooking,or cleaning, or furniture,

　　and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.

　　They may even accuse them of disloyalty,

　　or make some spiteful remark about the friends parents.

　　Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behavior on the part of the adults

　　deeply shocks the adolescents,

　　and makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents

　　about the places or people they visit.

　　Before very long the parents will be complaining

　　that the child is so secretive and never tells them anything,

　　but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves.

　　Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be

　　both as parent and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable.

　　Most children have such a high ideal of their parents,

　　unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory,

　　that it can hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation.

　　Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched

　　if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility,

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