attain that goal for their children. The provincial Federation has 
     
     had such dedicated Family Life Chairmen as Miss Mona Clay, 
     
     Mr. Henry MacWilliam, Rev. E. H. Bean, Rev. Henry Tye, Rev. 
     
     Ross Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Murphy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The guest speaker at the second Annual Meeting of the 
     
     P.E.l. Federation (June 8, 1954) was the National convenor for 
     
     Parent Education, Mrs. Muriel Duckworth. The three main 
     
     purposes for Parent Education (later Family Committee) as seen 
     
     by Mrs. Duckworth were: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. to build an understanding of human needs and of ways 
     
     in which personality can be helped to develop to healthy 
     
     maturity, 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. to develop attitudes to bring about more satisfying 
     
     relationships among parents, teachers and children, and 
     
    
   
   
    
     3. to contribute to parents’ own personal growth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During the year 1965-66 Home and School placed its major 
     
     emphasis and study on the role of the family in education. Local 
     
     associations were provided with study material and program 
     
     guides, and each local offered to devote at least two monthly 
     
     meetings to that topic. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 1965 Annual Meeting heard a challenging and thought- 
     
     provoking address on The Cha/lenge to Today’s Parents by Dr. 
     
     Kenneth A. Parker. Dr. Parker said that a major issue of our 
     
     modern society is the role of the family. He emphasized that 
     
     youth is better informed, and more ready to accept responsibility 
     
     than at any other time in human history. Parents must recognize 
     
     that the world in which their children are growing up is not the 
     
     same world in which they themselves were involved, and, because 
     
     of this, parents must strive to understand, communicate and share 
     
     experiences with their children. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During that 1965 Annual Meeting a panel Spotlight on the 
     
     Family in Modern Education gave delegates many suggestions for 
     
     their local studies. It was helpful to have present Mrs. Marjorie 
     
     Hallman of Nova Scotia, who was National Family Life Commit- 
     
     tee chairman. Mrs. Hallman emphasized the importance of the 
     
     pre-school years in the child’s learning experience. She suggested 
     
     three steps by which the family can assist the child in the educa- 
     
    
   
   
    
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