Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

The concept of the ideal American family sets goals that are unattainable and may lead to tragic results in parent-child relationships and societal institutions

Four panelists discuss their agencies’ experiences in searching for and establishing new ways of responding to the needs of their communities

The explosion of knowledge and the increasing number of gaps make it imperative for professionals to undertake new methods for coping with a changing world

Caseworkers can aid in fulfilling promises inherent in recent theories of ego psychology by producing data significantly related to common living experiences

Agents of social change should be able to sense an institution's need and readiness for change and to offer practical but imaginative program suggestions