| Show The Greatest Institution It is estimated d from reports to the WhIte Whito House Conference on Child I II H alth and Protection that there are arc nearly person under the age of eighteen in m this country Upon Upon Upon-he the that they receive sends de-sends de- de depends Ie- Ie I the future of th The questIon of whether or not tomorrow they will come into ther well eUI nth th strong bodies a l good education tIon and high ideals ready to take their place an In the industrial and social life of the gov gov- I gov-I government government is largely determined by those who ho today are in m position t to direct their destinies I The institution that exerts perhaps the largest influence over the lives of these future is the home I Its trend in m recent times can hardly be b said to be encouraging With the popularIty especially in m the larger cItIes of the small apartment inmany m in inmany many oases both parents working and the numerous outside attractIons the existence of real rell home life IS serIOus threatened It os us now the ex- ex exception ex exception to find a home in m which the family altar is 13 maintained It is a far afar Cry from the day when hen most fam- fam families fam families Illes gathered around tho the fireside cich evening to discuss family problem or to listen to passages read from the Bible Dible Noone Now No one is more apt to find the mother and father at the budge club the older ch at some nI night ht club and the younger at atthe the movies No doubt this trend ns liS reflected m in mour our national life The results can be een in m the fact that more than two hundred thousand tho and of the juvenile population get into the courts in a year and that 3 per cent of the ele- ele elementary elementary ele elementary behavior beha school enrollment tare ore be- be be havior ha problems Whit What can be done to remedy the situatIOn legislation It is a 1 field that legisla legisla- tion b by the government even if pos pos pos- sible possible would be of Ittle avail The responsibility of maintaining a home that t furnishes Ia a ia beneficIal enVIron enVIron- child must borne by bv the thet individual parents Its It s a duty that parents owe o to the child and to the nation nahon The preservation of Americas America's greatest institution the InstItutIon th home pis home is 1 one on n that should demand the th active acme interest and serious attentIon of every citizen |
