Show Modern 1 Ci City y Life Chiefly to Blame for the Loosening of Home Ties By y P PROF OF W F OGBURN University of Chicago In Ice primitive days das and in the historical period there were seven tie ties which bound families to together affection together affection economics religion protection recreation education and family status The last six ties have gradual gradual- gradually ly ly 1 loosened with the development t of c civilization Women are arc econom econom- economically economically economically in independent children are more or less educated and protected by bythe bythe bythe the state In my opinion these bonds will never return as important fac fac- factors fac- fac factors factors tors in married Ji life file he only remaining tie is and affection affection and th that t is not as strong as it used to be The world in general genral and psychologists in particular should Work on some means to strengthen the bond Lond of affection in or order er to hold families together After an intensive study of statistics in regard to c changing family life liCe some of my findings City life discourages marr marriage about 10 per cent Of the marriages contracted in 1928 1028 nearly one in five will end in divorce I IOne One out of every eleven married women is working for pay outside the home borne |