Thirdly, the weakening of the bonds of kinship and the declining social significance of the family
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Fourthly, the transfer of recreational, industrial, educational activities to specialized institutions outside the home has deprived the family of some of its most characteristic historical functions.

Fifthly, on the whole the city discourages an economic life in which the individual in time of crisis has a basis of subsistence to fall back upon, and it discourages self-employment.

Sixthly, it is largely through the activities of the voluntary groups, be their objectives economic, political, educational, religious, recreational or cultural, that the urbanite expresses and develops his personality, acquires status, and is able to carry on the round of activities that constitute his life-career.¹