This is the seventh article in a series about dormitory education.

The issues discussed in the previous article regarding families and family health are not limited to the situation between the family and the school. In other areas of life it is also assumed that the family or the natural parents are less qualified to raise children. Two additional cases in point are Tipat Chalav (Mother and Child Clinics) and the Kibbutz. Let us look into both of those institutions and evaluate who represents correct theories of raising children.

Until recently parents in certain kibbutzim entrusted their infants to caretakers in a baby home, so that they could work in the fields.

Economic conditions may have made this a necessity necessary at that time, but it is not an ideal goal. It was a sad circumstance determined by an unfortunate situation, and it should have been terminated as rapidly as possible.

Indeed, today it is rare to find children who are raised together from infancy. They are usually raised by the families.

This is the natural manner of child development. It should be an obvious consideration for those considering the option of sending their children to dormitory residences.

The next article in the series explains the problems with the Mother and Child clinics.