Promote the welfare of children and youth in the home, the school, the community, and place of worship; To raise the standards of home life; To bring secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth; To bring into closer relation the home and the school so that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth, To develop educators and the general public so that such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.