2.  As sexual immorality is generally clandestine, is often not criminal, and even when criminal may not be detected, there are not any statistics from which it can be shown whether, or to what extent, it has increased.

3.  During recent years the pattern of sexual misbehaviour has changed:  it has spread to younger groups; girls have become more precocious; immorality has been organized; the mental attitude of some boys and girls towards misconduct has altered; and there is evidence that homosexuality may be increasing.

4.  The new pattern of juvenile immorality is uncertain in origin, insidious in growth, and has developed over a wide field.

5.  Objectionable publications ought to be banned by establishing a system for the registration of distributors of certain printed matter.  Urgent action is necessary so that publications now banned in other countries will not be dumped into this Dominion.

6.  The absence of regulations necessary to make the Film Censor’s recommendations effective deprives parents of the protection which the Legislature intended for them.

7.  The possibility that children may hear radio programmes unsuitable for them calls for firmness and discretion on the part of parents and more care by the Broadcasting Service in arranging and timing programmes.  Serials and recordings giving undue emphasis to crime or sex are not desirable, nor is the frequent repetition of recordings that are capable of misinterpretation, particularly in times like the present.

8.  Advertisers should realize that the increasing emphasis on sex attraction is objectionable to some and, possibly, harmful to others.

9.  Although television may not be introduced into New Zealand for some time, plans to cope with its effects on children should be made well in advance of its introduction.

10.  There should be a closer bond between school and home.  The system of visiting teachers should be expanded and as much liaison as possible established between them and public health nurses.

11.  The evidence that the propinquity of boys and girls at co-educational schools contributed to sexual delinquency was not convincing.

12.  The value of insisting upon all children remaining at school till they are 15 years of age should be further investigated.  When the underlying cause for an application for exemption is misconduct, the exemption should only be granted subject to supervision by a Child Welfare Officer.

13.  Whenever a pupil under the care or supervision of the Child Welfare Division is enrolled at a school the principal should be informed of any matters pertaining to the pupil which are within the knowledge of that Division.  He should also be consulted as to any recommendation which it is proposed to make to the Court in respect of any of his pupils.

14.  The school is not the proper place for fully instructing children about sex, although it may be a convenient place in which mothers and daughters together, fathers and sons together, or parents together, may listen to addresses or see appropriate films.  This would help to break down some of the barriers of self-consciousness.