et into the hands of children and adolescents.
Whatever views may be held concerning the use of contraceptives by older
people (married or unmarried) no responsible father or mother would
countenance their possession by their young sons and daughters.

The Committee is unanimous that adolescents should not buy or have
contraceptives in their possession.

=(2) The Broadening of the Divorce Laws=

The subject of divorce was very fully discussed in the Houses of
Parliament in England, in New Zealand, and elsewhere after the First
World War.

If parents are unable to live happy lives together or to become
reconciled after differences have arisen, the interests of the children
may be improved, or may be worsened, by a legal separation or a divorce.
Tension in the home may be just as big a factor in the causation of
delinquency as a divorce or separation of the spouses.

Juvenile delinquency in all its forms is frequently associated with
homes where the marriage is broken either by a divorce, separation, or
discord. It is not so much the separation as the tension which precedes
and succeeds it that results in children getting out of control.

The matter is noted here solely because, if parents cannot agree
together, they are less likely to discharge their duties to their
children. Greater is the responsibility which rests upon them in these
unhappy circumstances. If parents are unwilling to shoulder the extra
burden caused by the break-down of their marriage, some action by the
State may be required if it seems likely that children may suffer.

=(3) Pre-marital Relations=

One aspect of the moral drift is the number of people who entertain the
nebulous idea that it is somehow not wrong to have pre-marital relations
or to live together as man and wife without marriage.

Such a view is opposed to all the ideas of chastity which are inherent
in our morality. Apart from that, an irregular sex relationship may be
psychologically[6] disadvantageous.

However much adults may desire a good moral standard to be observed by
children and adolescents, they have no right to expect it unless they
conform to proper moral standards themselves.

=(4) "Self-expression" in Children=

Early in this century psychologists said that the repressive influences
of early discipline were stultifying to the development of the child.
They advocated that the child's personality would mature better if
uninhibited. This has been interpret