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anthropology, said a reassess-
ment of socio-cultural values
is badly needed in this coun-
try.
Basic Conflicts
One of the basic conflicts
is "individualism and con-
formity, one of the reasons
women go out to work." DR..
Alpenfels pointed out. They go
out to work, she explained, to
earn the money to buy the
prestige and status" products
that will make them conform
with everyone else. 1--WE are
a Nation that has overempha-
sized togetherness," she de-
clared.
At the same time, however,
the stress on individualism
which begins when a baby at
birth is taken from the
mother and placed in the
nursery, and later as a child
in a room of his own"
teaches something else that
leads to separateness, apart
ness and aloneness."
Another conflict arises in
our emphasis on marriage as
more important than parent
hood, even to the point of
orienting little boys and girls
to the Importance of being
future good spouses. The
de-emphaSis on parenthood
means that Mothers Day
has become a day of atone
ment in the United States"
declared DR.. Alpenfels.
Mr.. Joseph H. Reid, exec
utive director of the Child
Welfare League of Amer
lea. declared that the day
care center should be thought
OF only as an absolute neces-
sity. The number of hours a
child spends at a day care
center is longer than his
span of attention. And also
there is serious danger even
In partial separation of chill
dren from family life" he
said. In some cases, however,
where serious family prob
lens exist, he added, placing
of the child in a day care
center during the day may
help prevent a family break
up" Day care workers should
take care, though, that they
do not assume parental re-
sponSibility to the point the
parent feels he is inadequate
or not needed, he added.
Mrs. Guggenheimer saw
day care centers as a way
OF preventing juvenile delin-
quency. Calling for more ex-
tenSive research, she said
I'VE should find out what
happens to children before
we find out through the
police station and the courts"
She's Bothered
Mrs. Guggenheimer said
she was also bothered" by
the apologize attitude of
day care center proponents
that of course it would be
better if the child were in
the home" Let's face it.
Not all mothers are loving
and affectionate because
they came from homes where
no affection was shown. They
don't know how to give it.
In these cases, a child is
much better off in q day
care center, even if the
mother is home" she said.
Mrs. Leopold stated the
purpose of the conference is
Ito encourage development of
day care services for chill
dren who need them-to find
where more emphasis 10
needed-to find how services
can be best developed to
strengthen family life-and
finally to encourage citizens
and local, State and national
organizations to play a more
important part in day care
projects and contribute to
their establishment and OPP
Grafton"
The conference is co-spon-
sored by the Department of
Health, Education and We'll
fare, and the Women's Bu-
reau of the Department Of
Labor, and the Children's
Bureau.
All panelists noted the
predicted increase in the next
decade of working mothers
underlines the Importance of
anticipating now the child
care needs that will arise.
The labor force will grow
by more than Is million dur
ing the decade from 1860 to
1870, approximately an Is
per cent increase, revealed
Evan Clague, Commissioner
of Labor Statistics for the
Labor Department.
Almost half of this large
increase will consist of wom-
en- workers, he continued,
adding that the outlook is
for an increasing proportion
of women of nearly all ages
in the labor force.