ABSTRACT
THE influence of extra-familial groups has beell indirectly indicated by the summary of research given in Chapter VIII. This evidenc'e does not mean that other community agencies have no importance; but where parents have succeeded in establishing prestige and maintaining intimate contact, the modifications directly attributable to other groups outside the family are much fewer than where parental leadership is weak. They are also unlikely to be in a direction opposed to that favoured by the traditions of the home.
