The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, Children were valued in the terms of their (1) ______ productivity, and they assumed the role of producer quite early. Until they fulfilled this role, his position in the structure of the family (2) ______ was one of subordination, and their psychological needs and capacities received much consideration. (3) ______ As the society became more complex, the status or children in the family and in the society become more obvious, each member (4) ______ must fulfill a number of personal and occupational role and be in (5) ______ constant contact with a great many other members. Consequently, viewing children potentially acceptable and necessarily multifaceted (6) ______ members of society means that they are regarded more as people in their own right so as utilitarian organisms. This acceptance of (7) ______ children as equal participants in the contemporary family is reflected in the variety of statutes protecting the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs devoted exclusively in their (8) ______ wellbeing. This new view of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has also resulted in a surge of interest in child-rearing technique. People today spend a considerable portion of their time discussing the proper way to bring about children. It is (9) ______ now possible to influence the details of the socialization of another person’s child in spreading the gospel of current and fashionable theories (10) ______ and methods of child rearing.