Privacy in the daily affairs of the individual. Appreciation of, and commitment to, a safe, clean living environment, beginning in the home and extending to the community, nation, and world. Personal hygiene and personal grooming as measures of one's self-respect. Appreciation and promotion of the arts, traditions, and history as key elements in the promotion of cultural continuity. Good mental health and physical health are treasured.
Recreational activity is viewed as physically, socially, and emotionally healthy and desirable.
Raising children in today's world is much more challenging than it was in the Fifties. Many parents, whether in intact families, single-parent families, divorced families, or remarried families with stepchildren and half siblings, are crying out for help. The role of public schools needs to be expanded and revamped in response to the realities of today and include, among other things, much more help for parents. Services for helping children cope with divorce, stepparents, and other adjustments associated with the modern extended family 2. Guidance and assistance to children in coping with other common problems such as drug abuse, pregnancy, prevention of pregnancy, aggression and violence 3.