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Wallinga, Charlotte R.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987
Data were collected in 1956 and in 1983 to determine if parental perceptions of children's potential contribution to household work have changed over the past 25 years. Results indicate that parental perceptions have changed very little, with the exception that parents in the 1983 sample estimated older ages for children performing tasks involving…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Fathers, Housework
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Rice, Dale L.; McFadden, Emily Jean – Child Welfare, 1988
Summarizes the dialogue and issues of a joint conference on foster children attended by foster children 5-20 years old. The group explored the children's thoughts and feelings about foster care. A subsequent meeting attended by foster parents and caseworkers is also discussed. (RWB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Experience
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Hamill, Sharon Boland; Hale, Catherine – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes an educational game where students are assigned a hypothetical "lot" representing a life event that centers on a developmental issue. The lot serves as the topic for empirical research and investigations into community agencies. Student research focuses on implications for individual development and the quality of family life. (MJP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Community Resources, Coping
Halfon, Neal, Ed.; McLearn, Kathryn Taaffe, Ed.; Schuster, Mark A., Ed. – 2002
In the wake of intense national interest in very young children, this volume presents an examination of the findings of the Commonwealth Survey of Parents with Young Children, as analyzed by scholars from diverse disciplines. What emerges from this analysis is a picture of the complex forces that influence families and child rearing in the…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth, Breastfeeding, Child Development