Families in trouble / Earl Lomon Koos.

  • Koos, Earl Lomon, 1905-1960
Date:
1946
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Credit: Families in trouble / Earl Lomon Koos. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Intra-Farnily Effects of Troubles lo^ the hour for being in at night was less strictly enforced, or the choice of playmates was less strictly supervised. The preoccupation of the parents (and of the older children) with the trouble seemed to per¬ meate all areas of living, with relaxed standards resulting. The exception to this was found in those below-average homes where there was little supervision of the children. Here there was a heightened irritation, a tenseness that carried over into dealings with the children. In the Vlamen family, the thirteen-year-old boy made the following observation: Jesus, do I catch it when anything's wrong around home. Holy Mother, I catch hell for anything. I can't even open my trap with¬ out getting my head taken off. When the old man and my mother are having some kind of mess, I sure stay the hell away. If I don't, I get you-know-what. CHANGES IN SEX ACTIVITY Two patterns of change in sex activity evidenced themselves in this group of families. Among those for whom the sex act had been a rich and satisfying emotional experience, the frequency of sex re¬ lations tended to be increased during trouble. We seem to find help when we [have intercourse] while we are in a jamb. It makes you feel that your wife is sticking by you, and that you don't have to go it alone. I guess we had intercourse about every night when things were so bad. It was something to keep you through the day to know you had your wife to go to at night [Czabot]. A single exception to this increased activity was found in the Riker family, where the wife made the following observation; I always enjoyed that part of life very much, but since we've had this trouble, I can't seem to be roused the way I was before. As I've been disappointed (I know it's wicked for me to be, but I can't help it) in how John managed things, I've lost some of my urge. It's killed something in my spirit, I don't quite know what.
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