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this is said to be better for a good night's sleep and both children go
to bed early (about 7PM) to get about 10 hours sleep each night.

Religion, too, seems to be of an important value, at least for Frau Krauter.
She talks often directly on the subject and expresses pleasure that some
of the Stanford students go very regularly to church in Beutelsbach, are
serious about religion. But a better indication of the importance of this
thought framework is its frequent appearance in conversations about other
things. Two examples may illustrate the integration of religious thought
throughout the world view. In outlining her reasons for welcoming all
Stanford students to her home, Frau K. sees this as her Christian "duty"
to do as Jesus did for the Samaritan. Again, in admitting that the conflict
between hospitality and raising a good family seemed to have no ready solu-
tion, she found mental comfort in a hymn which sayd [said] roughly that "God knows
the way if man doesn't" and even brought out the hymnal to see if I know
the song.

Kinchip patterns in the extended family have already been mentioned for
Frau Krauter. Herr Krauter is apparently also from this area since his
mother lives in a small house in Stuttgart. The two extended families
i.e. including aunts, uncles etc.) are apparently both old timers locally.
And this naturally affects the Krauter's social relations to Beutelsbach.
Thus, for example, they themselves own Weinberg property and are in close
contact with actual Weingarten families. Frau Krauter does much of her
baking in old backhaus (community baking house) on a baking team (as-
signed hours each week to bake together) with her sisters. Yet, in spite
of this seemingly central position in Beutelsbach "core" culture, the
Krauters appear but loosely tied to the community. They go out for social
evenings only rarely and then usually with families who happen to be old
school friends of Herr or Frau Krauter. They do not apparently play any
special role in the church or community groups. The family unit is thus
the most important for them and they spend most of their evenings at home.