DOCUMENT RESLIME ED 219 530 CE 033 146 TITLE Work Ethic: Materialism and the American Family. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Examination on the Impact of Stress on the Family Caused by the Workplace, Focusing on Dual Wage-Earning Parents and the Effects on Family Relationships, and the Nonworking Recipient of Public Assistance. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. PUB DATE 2 Mar 82 NOTE 162p.'; Not 'available in paper copy due to small print: EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Day Care; *Dual Career Family; *Employed Parents; Family Life; Family Problems; *Family Relationship; Government Role; Hearings; Influences; Unemployment; *Welfare Recipients; *Work Attitudes; *Work Environment IDENTIFIERS Congress 97th; Materialism; *Stress (Biological); United States; Work Ethic ABSTRACT This congressional hearing contains testimony pertinent to the impact of stress on the American family caused by the workplace. Focus of the hearing is on dual wage-earning parents and the effects on family relationships as well as on non-working recipients of public assistance. The following agencies and organizations were among-those represented at the hearing: the National Council on Family Relations; the Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University; the American Enterprise Institute; and Heritage Founda'tion. Also included are an article on suggested directions for the federal role of day care and a publication on the nation's families from 1960-1990. (MN) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** 0 reN 6 6 WORK ETHIC: MATERIALISM AND THE 1---I AMERICAN FAMILY c\J wcz) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING, FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECO:\ 3 SESSION ON EXAMINATION ON THE IMPACT OF STRFSS ON THE FAMILY CAUSED BY THE WORKPLACE, FOCUSING ON DUAL WAGE- EARNING PARENTS AND THE EFFECTS ON FAMILY RELA- 2 TIONSHIPS, AND THE NONWORKING RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC 4 ASSISTANCE U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MARCH 2, 1982 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI ifTtos document has been teproducedas receNerf from the person or orqatuzahon ohgmataut it Moor changes I aye trvrt made to omprove renrodur ton quahty Pomts of wew or opsons stated m thsdocu 0 rnent do not necessar ty represent othcot NIE 0051015 or 00+100 Printed for theUseof the Committee on Libor and Human Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE rn V2-63t0 WASHINGTON :1982 4,0 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES ORRIN G HATCH. Utah, Chairman ROBERT T STAFFORD, Vermont EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts DAN QUAYLE, Indiana JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia PAULA HAWKINS, Honda HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR , New Jersey DON NICKLES, Oklahoma CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island LOWELL P WE1CKER, JR., Connecticut THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri GORDON J HUMPHREY. New Hampshire DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Uhio JOHN P, EAST, North Carolina GEORGE W. PRITTS, Jr., Chief Counsel RENN M. PATCH, Staff Director and General Counsel LAWRENCE C. Honowirt. M D., Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING, FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama. Chairman LOWELL P. WEICKER. JR.. CODDeCtiCut THOMAS F. EAGLEa0N, Missouri GORDON J. HUMPHREY, New Hampshire HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio (-- ORRIN G HATCH, Utah EDWARD M KENNEDY, Massachusetts (Ex Officio) (Ex Officio) CYNTHIA F. IlwroN, Professional Staff Member MARCIA MCCORD, Minority Professional Staff Atember ,3 CONTENTS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1982 'Page Burr, Wesley, Ph. D., president, National Council on Family Relations; and Brent Miller, Ph. D., Department of Family and Human Development,. Utah State University 8 Broderick, Carlfred, Ph. D., Department of Sociology, University of Southeni , California,and Dr. Onalee McGraw, educational _consultqnt, Heritage Fonn- . dation ... 47 Meyer, Dr. Jack, economist, American Enterprise Institute 122 STATEMENTS Broderick, Carlfred, Ph. D., Department of SociologY, University of Southern California, and Dr. Onalee McGraw, educational consultant, Heritage Foun- 'dation 47 Prepared statement 51 Burr, Wesley, Ph. D., president, National Council on Family Relations; and Brent Miller, Ph. D., Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University 8 Prepared statement 12 Humphrey, Gordon, J., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire, prepared statement 7 McGraw, Dr. Onalee, educational consultant, Heritage Foundation, prepared statement 63 Meyer, Dr. jack, economist, American Enterprise histitute 122 Prepared statement 127 Miller, tirent, Ph. D., Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University, prepared statement (with attachments) 29 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Articles, publications, et cetera: Day Care: What Should the Federal RolE Be? Excerpt from Critical IssuesThe Family Feminism and the '1'herapeutic State, by Onalee McGraw, the Heritage Foundation. 56 The Nation's Families: 1960-90, by George Masnick and Mary Jo Bane, from the Auburn House Publishing Co., Boston, Mass 77 Questions and answers: Responses by Wesley R. Burr to questions submitted to him by the cube ommittee 22 HID 4 * WORK ETHIC: MATERIALISM AND THE AMERICAN FAMILY TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1982 0 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING, FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, in room 4232, Dirk- sen Senate Office' Building, commending at 10:15 a.m., Senator Jeremiah Denton (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Prezent: Senator Hatch (the chairman), and Senator Denton. Senator DENTON. Good morning. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Aging Family and Human Services will come to order. We are fortunate to have our distinguished chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah, who needs, of course, no introduction. I want to acknowledge his leadership of an extremely difficult committee. And you can understand the derivation of the term "difficult" if you were to look at the make up of this committee which Senator Hatch chairs. He has tremendous responsibilities and he has overcome great handicaps in making the best of ex- tremely difficult circumstances. He also shares a tremendous interest in the issues under the jur- isdiction of this subcommittee which he has privileged me with chairing, particularly the issue of family which we are addressing this morning. So, it is with pleasure thp. I turn the microphone over to our chairman. I understand that son-v of the early witnesses here are from Utah. Senator Hatch. Senator HATcli. Thank you, Senator Denton. Mr. Chairman, I congratulate you on your continuing efforts to highlight family life, and to continue to direct our attention to the importance of maintaining a strong and healthy family atmosphere in America. Mr. Chairman, we have a cohort of family scholars who are na- tionally recognized as leaders in their fields. Two of these experts are from Utah and are with us this morning: Dr. Wesley Burr and Dr. Brent Miller. Dr. Burr is professor of family sciences and sociology at Brigham Young University. He is also director of the Family Living Center (1) 2 at the university. Dr. Burr is the immediate past president of the Utah Council on Family Relations, and he is currently president of the National Council on Family Relations. The National Council on Family Relations is a major organization of family scholars, re- searchers and educators in America. D. Burr has written numer- ous articles and books on family life, among other things. Dr. Brent Miller is associate professor of Family and Human De- velopment at Utah State University. He is on the board of direc- tors of the National Council on Family Relations. and is on the edi- torial board of the Journal of Marriage and the Family. He has dune family research, and published numerous articles and chap- ters relating to family study. Most recently he has conducted some very interesting and important research on teenage pregnancy in Utah, in an attempt to determine differences in background and fathily life for teens who are sexually active, from teens who are not. Mr. Chairman, I brought a copy of his work on teenage pregnan- cy which I have autographed for you and I would like you to have because of your great work in this area. I know the chairman has a particular interest in adolescent preg- nancy,. and I have enjoyed working together with him on our ado- lescent family life program which was adopted by the Congress last year. I think that was a step in the right direction. Fo, Mr. Chairman, I am happy to give you that copy of Dr. Mill- er's study, which I know you will find interesting. I might mention that another old friend I see out in the audience here is Dr. Carlfred Broderick. We have been friends for many, many. years. We are happy to welcome you to the committee too. I am sure that the chairman is going to enjoy the testimony of all three of you as well as the other excellent witnesses here today. So, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the committee and I am glad I could be here for these few minutes. I have to excuse myself because of Lhe Judiciary Committee markup and then the markup on the Budget Committee. I have three other places actually be- cause the Small Business Committee is holding hearings right now as well. So, with that, I appreciate you letting me go first and introduce my fellow Utahans, and, of course, express my regards to Carlfred. Mr. Chairman, I am proud of you and I am proud of what you are doing in these hearings. They are long overdue.