In this Book
- The Family Today: A Guide for Leaders in Family Life Education
- Book
- 1950
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
The Family Today was first published in 1950. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
The problems and relationships of the modern family are becoming of increasing concern to educators, clinicians, social workers, ministers, and all other thoughtful citizens. To assist such school and community leaders, who can sponsor or direct programs in marriage and family life education, is the primary purpose of these twenty-two teaching and counseling projects. Although each project is designed to fit a specific group or situation, the materials and techniques suggested can be readily adapted to other groups. Especially helpful will be the extensive lists of pertinent reading materials and films.
The projects were worked out cooperatively by the students in Professor Dyer's course in family life education at the University of Minnesota in the summer of 1949. The fifteen members of the class were all professional counselors working in a variety of fields in widely separated sections of the country, and the usefulness of the book is greatly enhanced by this diversity.
Table of Contents
- Leadership and Family Guidance
- pp. vii-viii
- The Story of the Course
- pp. 3-8
- Unit I. Premarriage Considerations and Experiences
- Project D. Careers for Women
- pp. 41-47
- Unit II. The Marriage
- Unit III. Pregnancy and the Birth Experience
- Project A. Prenatal Care and Birth
- pp. 89-93
- Project B. Heredity Factors
- pp. 94-98
- Project D. Psychological Preparation
- pp. 106-110
- Unit IV. The Child in the Family
- Project A. Early Training and Discipline
- pp. 113-117
- Project B. Sex Education and the Child
- pp. 118-122
- Project C. Parent-Child Relationships
- pp. 123-130
- Project D. Family Sharing and Planning
- pp. 131-136
- Unit V. Social and Personal Functions of the Family
- Project B. The Community and the Family
- pp. 143-146
- Project D. Health and Disease
- pp. 151-156
- Bibliography
- pp. 157-166
- List of Films
- pp. 167-169