Often parents are tempted to criticize their children. You would
expect me to say "don't." But I will not, I am merely going to say,
"Before you criticize them, read one of the classics of American
journalism, 'Father Forgets.' " It originally appeared as an editorial in
the People's Home Journnl. We are reprinting it here with the
author's permission, as condensed in the Reader's Digest: