ldren. What to Do with the Specially Gifted
Child. Genius Universal in Nature. Genius Its Own
School-master. Varieties of the Gifted. Questions.

X. THE CHILDREN THAT NEVER GROW UP 205

The Defective Children. Custodial Care of the Defective.
Heredity. Difficulties in Care of Morons. The Colony Plan.
Mental Hygiene. Special Rooms in Public Schools. Training the
Nervous System. Responsibility of Women in Marriage. The Call
for Preventive Work. Questions.

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