Show Family F ramy 1 Undergoing TT I Definite 1 Changes Conference Reports I By RODN RODNEY EY DUTCH DUTCHER ER WASHINGTON Nov 0 27 21 The White Whito House conference on chile child health and protection studied changes In American family life A committee headed by Dr Louise Louisa Stanley Stanle chief of ot tho the bureau of home economics recognized current current current cur cur- rent thought that the family has been undergoing rapid and definite changes and found that disintegration I ion tion of oC the older family life Ire seemed to be bc indicated b by statistics on marriage e divorce size of ot families faint faint- lies and proportion of ot births birth to population Conditions of production and tend to remove from the homo home certain functions formerly considered inherent in family life lite it is admitted But despite tho the indubitable Indubitable in In- In dubitable dubitable- influence of ot trends In modern industrial civilization one learns lel Thero There Is evidence of ot a Do different nt sort that the family is not undergoing undergoing under under- going soine any fundamental change that those thoe functions which are aro being being be be- be ing removed from tho home are arc superficial in their nature nd that when outside forces reach more deeply into fundamental family structure ther is resistance to u their influence which will result In control of those agencies which tin im- pinto pingo upon family STUDY HOME LIFE Tho The committee studied studie d tho the home environment of or school children chil chU- dren then and learned cuch uch things a tu Ui these ese Marriage is earlier and families Camille larger In predominantly m manufacturing turing cities ran Farm families ait ait- u t larger than others in rural corn core Foreign born families coming m a 0 rural culture 1 Ind to continuo con- con their rural family pattern en even when living In ip cities while those of ot essentially urban culture yen as Rut n Minn Jews approximate the th family pattern of ot native urban urb citizens The per cent of ot married I population populo- populo ion tion Increases as the cI if f of the community r 11 It decreases ChUI Jle u II ma mavi loses are arc more nuoro common in cities The size of ot tho the natural family lam fam ily living JIving at home decreases es ar at t the tho e size of oC tho community increases and tho the total nuber of oC children bomba born bom ba has the lS same me trend dwellIng dwelling dwell dwell- ing decrease re-ase re and multifamily dwellings Increase ASe with tho the size alze of tho the community City famili j move mou most frequently tree fre fre- fre and O the per Jet cent of oC those J i who stay In the community of ot theIr thel birth seems to bo ho Inversely In corre corre- with tho the size of oC the nil Tho The number of oC marled maried women employed outside out ld the home has 11 S in increased increased In- In creased faster ster than the number o of single lIngle women most rapidly in larger places Both divorce and illegitimate births increase with the sizo of the theCo Co community mO FAMILY NEEDS CHANGE Thui a n. pessimistic outlook for tor forthe the family in an urban Industrial civilization civili seems to be e- e justified says Dr Stanley Stanle but on the tho other hand ham I city eity children aro are better adjusted than rural children according to I Ithe I Ithe the tho study of oC the Rural families I lies resist change chango and tho the conJecture conjecture ture is made that there thero are arc some lome i aspects of oC the tho old family patt pattern rn I which should hould bo be changed cd I related to th the s authoritarian and undemocratic un no- no democratic pat lI p al attitudes 0 of t the theold theold lC old family I IThe The t stimulus of oC economic forces I h 9 meant increased urbanization homes located around factories ant antI and w work rk places near sources of oC supplies supplies sup sup- supa a plies and services s. s tho growth of I apartment apartments and flats fiats le less ls space per ier I person less privacy less family en- en more dependence upon i sources for amusement I fewer children I 1 MACHINE CHINE SERVES MAN culture is not age culture inimical to the tho enjoyment of tf the best of or lifes life's values the committee com corn corni i concludes When the machine machino ma ma- maI I chino chine la ts a servant of oC man it in increases increases In- In crea creases cs his leisure Improves the tho a comfort and safety of or livin liv- liv livi i in InG ng provides a large and varied I Ifield field of ot activities for recreation in increases In creases the accessibility o of these thue I activities and means for forthe ho tho rapid spread of oC knowledge kno I IA A production program based on I consumption needs would help such It ch conditions as nIt chan changing ln i wage waG scales zeales unemployment and I migration of ot population which tend tendo to o give to urban family Uto lio its St moat mot objectionable features 1 Financial Finan Finan- cial dat security is for a I- I I stable tam family II liCeA life liCe I IA A basic bule income should hould bo with with- I In n the attainment of oC every try family to o insure th the tho minimum standards i ifor for tor or survival and security This II IIan I Ian an economic problem of ot national scope cope A nation that thal values Its Us fu- fu fuI I Lure ture development will take i to toMO I Isee MO see that this basic bulc Income at least leut I Iiii III a. a available to alt all lee Its people lc NEA II |