Size of Firms Covered by Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, 1945-48

average wealth? Is physical hardship, or over-protection, a 1 w a y s harmful? If not, at what point do they become harmful? How much of what appears to be the effect of poverty or wealth is actually due to community attitudes? The questions that must be put to the social-psychologist are endless. What effect have national, or local, standards of excellence on character development? How do these standards differ among the various geographic, ethnic, and economic groups that make up our Nation? How do prejudice, discrimination, and segregation affect the children toward whom they are directed? How do these attitudes affect the children who hold them? There are relatively few branches of study that may not have something to contribute to this problem. The family is basic and strategic. Religion and the church have their vital role to play. The schools, which are usually the child’s first contact with the larger community, are obviously important. But there are also the courts, social services, health services, recreation groups and clubs, and employment services. The factors that contribute to a child’s personality undoubtedly lie in his physical condition, the personal atmosphere of his home, his relation to the community, the type of community he finds himself in. All these aspects of the problem must be understood before we can plan for healthy personality development. The factfinding staff has the job of bringing together as much of this information as possible so that we may see where we stand.