a faith assured
and strong that the family will not be lost in the time that needs it
most but will shape itself to finer issues and more useful service.

QUESTIONS ON THE FAMILY

1. What has been the general trend of development in Matrimonial
Institutions?

2. Has the monogamic family, as now outlined and legalized, any
elements inherently inimical to a democratic order of society?
If so, what are those elements? If not, what stand should be
taken in regard to proposals for fundamental changes in the
inherited family system?

3. If the inherited family system should be preserved and
maintained, what, if any, changes in form, or practical
adjustments to the new freedom of woman and new ideals of
education of youth, are demanded for its present stability and
future success?

4. In _Taboo and Genetics: A Study of the Biological,
Sociological, and Psychological Foundation of the Family_, by
M.M. Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Blanchard, it is
claimed that "The chief interest of society should be in the
eugenic value of the children born into it." Is that true, and
if so, how can this social interest be best excited and
maintained?

5. Dr. Edward T. Devine advocates social insurance for sickness
and widowhood, but not out-door relief or widow's pensions;
also advocates physical investigation and home visiting for
school children, but not school lunches, eye-glasses or
clothing as a free gift. His conclusion is that "the state
should enforce a minimum standard of child-care, but the
expense of providing it should fall on parents or on some
insurance fund to which parents have contributed." Is this
sound American doctrine? If so, should proposed legislation be
gauged by it?

6. Read chapter, "The Family," in _A Social Theory of Religious
Education_, by G.A. Coe. Is the emphasis laid upon equality in
this statement justified?

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See _Children Born Out of Wedlock_, by George B. Mangold, Ph.D.,
University of Missouri, 1921.

[2] See Chapter V, "The Home," in _The Normal Life_, by Edward T.
Devine.

CHAPTER II

THE MOTHER

"Strength and dignity are her clothing;
She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
And the law of kindness is on her tongue.
She looketh well to the ways of her household,
And eateth not the bread of id