CORRESPONDENCE
MOTHERS IN WAR SERVICE (To the Editor.) Sir,—The Government is calling on a new class of. women to register for service, and it is possible that women ill older age-groups will be called upon to serve in the future. There is one class of women I am surprised has not been included in the list of automatic exemptions—mothers whose husbands are absent from home on service with the armed forces. Anyone who studies* juyenile delinquency knows that.the major cause of antisocial behaviour in children is an unsatisfactory home,, particularly a home broken by the absence of one parent. Some lessening of the quality of home life is ■an inevitable consequence of war. But this tendency should not be increased by forcing mothers whose husbands are absent to leave their children to their own devices. No arrangement to provide meals and some care for children whose parents are away all day can possibly be a substitute for the affection of the parents. What is the Government's attitude to this problem?—l am, etc., BALLOTED FATHER.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1942, Page 4
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