Abstract
Rebuilding of society along Christian principles presupposes and demands that boys as well as girls participate intelligently in all the aspects of personal and home-life activities. Education for family living is as important for boys as it is for girls because the boy is also a member of the home and spends most of his life in some family group. As has been stated:|"Boys as well as girls are choosing their own food, clothing and recreation, are finding parent-child relationships of importance to them and are assuming financial and work responsibilities in the home. Soon for them, as well as for girls, there will come decisions about the establishment of a home, the care of children, the maintenance of satisfying relations, and the management of family finances."|Boys of the present day realize that they need wholesome development and broad social understanding to achieve a functioning philosophy of personal living and general home interests. They are reaching out more and more for an educational program which will give them attitudes, ideals, abilities, correct habits in selecting food and clothing, guides in social behavior, standards for making and keeping friends, and norms for proper Christian family relationships which will characterize them as vital citizens in the homes of this democracy.|Every effort should be made to meet this demand and to discover ways and means which will contribute to the general welfare of the greatest number of pupils possible, be they boys or girls. That home economics has this significant and most important contribution to make to every individual is well stated by Lita Bane, head of the home economics department at the university of Illinois:|"We will not forget that although the man or woman of tomorrow will be world citizens, and probably wage and salary earners in some occupation, they will still depend for much of their happiness upon home and family life."