n keeping with the expanding role of the college, an Institute for Family Education has been established at WSC. In an interview with the new Director, Dr. Luan H. Ferrin, he explained some plans and goals for the new center. “We want to look at the national research,” he said. "We want to become part of the flow of this research and make it available first ow to encourage teenagers not to engage in pre-marital sex from a psychiatrists point of tre qareh Rt Seema wae ad) view was discussed by McKay-Dee Hospital psychiatrist Richard C. Ar- of all to our people here and then to the state. And then as we ourselves develop, we want to make our contribution to the nation." | Dr. Ferrin said there is so much bogast. He said that television, religion, birth control programs and research being done and there is so a decline in traditional families all have an influence in teenage sexual activities, and added that while pre- families, but so little of it reaches marital sex is, to a large degree, a moral issue, there are physical and much good information to help the general public, and much of it that does is intermingled with a lot of misinformation. “It is no wonder people are confused,” he said. “We Another area to receive a great deal of attention from the institute will be parenting. Dr. Ferrin contends that more and more researchers are finding that teaching children the “old-fashioned” values of respect and obedience are the most important things parents can teach their children. "There is a pattern of disobedience throughout life if children do not learn obedience in the home,” he said. "The thing you get into if handicapped. " “Some of the greatest handicaps are not necessarily academic or physical -- they are social.” “Most learning disabilities are caused by inability to obey or follow emotional illnesses that are caused want to take away the mist of sensa- by extra-marital relationships. tionalism and became a source of people mistakenly believe they can engage in a recreational type of sex trust." He said there are several methods of disseminating this information to the public. “The classroom, short blurbs on T.V., it might be on radio portance of a child having self- or through pamphlets distributed through the college, through family counseling centers, doctors or hospitals, or even in pamphlets in shopping malls that people can pick up,” he continued. He quoted recent statistics indicating the need for such help. “In the U.S. the divorce rate is now 40 percent and climbing, and yet most people going into marriage want to succeed. If they want to succeed but don't then there is something wrong.” Ferrin thinks people haven't learn- esteem -- and the role parents play in providing their children with proper growth experiences to build selfesteem. , without getting hurt. “But the people who show up in my office get hurt. And they get hurt bad," he said. “For those who attempt to have casual sex it has an intensely personal effect. And I see a lot of people who thought they would have fun and it turned out to be not so fun." The emotional and psychological injuries of pre-marital sex are further compounded by a number of physical diseases. However, Dr. Arbogast added, the fear of disease has never been a good deterrent. “In- stead," he suggested, “parents should look for opportunities to talk to their children about their problems." He said when children watch T.V. shows that imply acceptance of teenage sex, if parents don't talk to them about what is going on and how this might apply to them in their lives, children are confused. healthy relationships. "We're going to try to help people look at marriage realistically,” he added. "One of the biggest problems facing married people right now is the current emphasis on doing your A lack of religion can also add to the problem, he continued claiming own thing," he said. “And that's a very selfish approach -- which does that traditionally religion has served not work in building sound relation- as the upholder of chastity. He also blamed public birth control clinics for sanctioning pre- ships.” He claims that information is the best way to help what he calls “this marital sex. Planned Parenthood may help solve unwanted pregnancies and other problems associated with teenage sex, but he said, “if you put up billboards about baseball, have baseball clinics and selfish generation." establish medical centers for baseball injuries you're going to find an increase in the number of people who are playing baseball.” Almost every culture has had rules that later turned out to be smarter than people thought they were at the time. Even if we don't know all the reasons why -- we may find that abstinence (in pre-marital sex) may turn out to be right,” he concluded. Page.4 War — sions and form rewarding behavioral patterns regarding fa | life. children haven't learned the very simple rule to obey is that they are directions or conform to what is necessary to learn,” he continued. He said that obedience not only influences a child's behavior at home and in school, but carries over to all social behaviors throughout life. Dr. Ferrin also mentioned the im- The psychiatrist said that often The founding of the Institute perpetuated by the great desired the college to help people becom aware of information availablet them. It is the hope of those iny ed that this information will be to help people make intelligent! ith the philosophy th each child is unique: special, and that there is no sue thing as an “average” child; Jim directs the WSC | Children's Sch an integral part of the departmt child and family studies. | “When you rely on a package) riculum you are working for th average child, and since I've ne found one,” Bird explained, to treat each child like an in- each a different temperment," Bilge continued. Students in the depa interact with the children in th them and their uniquenesses,' added. | The Children’s School has components: a pre-school wher children are on campus for a 00 of hours a day, and a day-care: center where children are cared up to nine hours. | Last year 34 pre-school childr were registered with their pare courses to learn how to interact with each other. Two day-care tions cared for 45 children, whe parents, for the most part, wert WSC students. Three full-time and four part teachers, a cook and students éf | ee : | F He ment of Child and Family Studitiy py. are required not only to studyaiy” school, but also go into their he “Most problems with children be overcome through understam ed the skills they need to develop © dividual." | “Each child brings a history 4 ed in elementary education, chi and family studies and nutrition have a hand in making the pro, so successful. “Our Children's School is a led in the State," Bird said. "Manyp ple from all over come to look \ |