Abstract
An essay competition among persons 14-17 years of age was organised by the Victorian Family Council to obtain the views on the “Family of the Future.” Two hundred and forty-five youngsters (210 females, 35 males) mostly from Catholic schools took part in the competition. Almost everybody agreed that the family will stay; that the extended family is on its wane, and that families will be smaller than they were in the past. There was a universal belief that family roles will change towards a more egalitarian family and that the women will be more and more involved in different aspects of life, including work outside the home. Family planning and use of contraceptives were accepted as facts of life. In terms of values and attitudes all authors supported the family as a basic unit of society. They felt that love and mutual understanding should be the basis of a marriage (legal or otherwise), and that relations between parents and children should be closer and more open. However, there were many areas where there was a polarization both of predictions and attitudes.
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