ABSTRACT
Any influence that weakens the status of the family and the home is at once disastrously reflected upon the developing child. The necessity for strengthening and conserving family relations, as far as possible, in all individual and social endeavours is not only shown in beneficial practical results but has a deep philosophic reason as well. As the best physical, moral and social development of child-life takes place in the individual home, every effort must be made to strengthen and conserve family life. The child forms the connective link of the family, which represents the earliest human unit of association, antedating both church and state. The ideal of monogamous marriage puts the home as the centre of family life, and all must recognize that is the best place for child training. The home properly organized also elevates women and promotes religion.
