XI. PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS 219
Who Should Hear Sermons on the Prodigal Son? Distinction
Between the Mentally Competent and the Defective in Criminal
Classes. Moral Invalids. Rehabilitation of the Competent. The
Right Use of Leisure Time. The Moving Picture. The Automobile
and Its Influence. Parents Need Social Help in Moral Training
of Children. Parental Love for the Black Sheep. Children's
Courts. Domestic Relations Courts. Dangerous Rebound from
Ancient Family Discipline. Do Modern Youth Need New Community
Disciplines? Questions.
XII. THE BROKEN FAMILY 233
The Problems of Divorce. Frequency of Divorce in the United
States. Cannot Now Make Family an Autocracy. New Standards of
Marriage Success. Dangers of Extreme Individualism in
Marriage. Free Love Not Admissible. Must Work Toward Desired
Permanency in Marriage. Needed Changes in Legal and Social
Approach to Divorce. Prohibition of Paid Attorneys in Divorce.
Divorce Proceedings Should be Heard in Secret. Earlier and
Better Use of the Domestic Relations Court. The Children to be
Affected Society's Chief Care. A Uniform or Federal Divorce
Law. Education Our Chief Reliance. Helps Toward Family
Stability. Shall Society Favor the Remarriage of Divorced
Persons? Turning from Compulsory to Attractive Methods of
Reform. Questions.
XIII. THE FAMILY AND THE WORKERS 246
Changes from Ancient to Modern Forms of Labor. The Old
Household a Work-place. Welfare Managers in Modern Times.
Child-labor. Increase in Women Wage-earners. Social Pressure
on the Individual Worker. Demands of Family Life Should be
Considered in Industry and in Labor Legislation. The Code for
Women in Industry. Should Adult Women and Children be Listed
Together in Labor Laws? Women in War Work. Minimum Wage for
Fathers of Families the Vital Need. The Attitude of Women
Toward Labor Problems. Necessary Protection of Children and
Youth in Labor. Women and the Cost of Living. The Family
Demand upon Unmarried Women. Farming and the Farmer's Wife.
Domestic Help and Family Life. The Application of Democratic
Principles to Life. Women Must be More Democratic. The Social
Effect of Trade Unions. Women in Trade Unions. The New
Solidarity of Women. Questions.
XIV. THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL 269
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