ABSTRACT
A social philosophy translated into its practical implications means increased taxes and/or increased demands upon the budgets of community chests. The struggle between the desire to aid fatherless children and to lessen the burden their mothers must carry and the demand that expenditures be kept at a minimum results in various attempts to find a satisfactory compromise. The belief that it should not be necessary for a mother to work in order to provide bare sustenance for her small children is becoming increasingly a part of the social philosophy. The social worker carries a responsibility to help the mother evaluate the inherent strengths and weaknesses of her relationship with her children and the factors in the cultural and environmental pattern that frame the family’s adjustment in the community. Some women can be maternal within certain limits, beyond which they destroy the rewards of their achievements as mothers.
