Question
Parents should share their family problems frankly with their children. Justify this statement with reference to the case of Harold and his parents.

Answer

Harold’s father lived under a false identity as a travelling salesman when in reality he was a successful professional boxer. This falsehood led to family tension as Major Percy persuaded the simpleton Bill Bramble give up a crucial fight a week before the event. The parents of Harold faced severe tension because they had depended on the prize money for continuing Harold’s education and give him a better start in life. They lived under the false belief that the truth would destroy their son’s confidence and were proved wrong. Harold felt cheated because his parents had not disclosed that his father was actually every schoolboy’s hero, ‘Young Porky’.

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