The psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life... requires yieldingness, generosity, sympathy, altruism, tenderness — all the qualities, in fact, which lead straight to bankruptcy.... the American family is tragically out of gear with the profit structure which has mushroomed up around it.


The Folks at Home (1952)


The psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life... requires yieldingness, ...

The psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life... requires yieldingness, ...

The psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life... requires yieldingness, ...

The psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life... requires yieldingness, ...