This paper explores the origins of tensions between families and schools and argues that one must learn to distinguish between positive and negative forms of dissonance. In addition, it looks at the special role of women as central figures in the socialization process. (Author/AM)

Findings from a study conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on the status of parent education indicate where parents and expectant parents acquired child-rearing information and how knowledgeable they are about child development. Suggestions for parent educators and implications for Extension staff contributions are…

Reviews literature dealing with children's understanding of economic concepts. Suggests that developers of economic education curriculum for elementary school should be aware of cognitive development and of children's informal economic learning from parents, the mass media, and interactions in economic behavior settings. (Author/DB)

A number of infantile nonverbal behaviors are listed that can be interpreted as signs of a child's fundamental psychosocial orientations to others during the first year. Ethological studies of child and adult nonverbal communication suggest a considerable degree of neoteny in the human sign system. (SW)

A discussion of the relationships, both biological and behavioral, among nutrition, population, and health in relation to government policy. Special emphasis is given to breast feeding and child survival. (BB)

Discusses traditional preschool programming for the normal child, the emerging definition of normal childhood, some instances of positive educational change, the changing conceptions of women's roles, and how a preschool child's daily program today differs from that of the 1950s preschool day. (RK)

An abridged version of the inaugural address delivered by Ms. Herzog on January 13, 1976. (SK)

Existing theories of the development of religious thinking in children appear to be of limited use for curriculum development in religious education. Suggests new approaches for research which employ methodologies developed in other areas of educational and psychological research. (Author)

Games must be designed to meet childrens' different developmental needs and potentials. (JD)

A child with a disability evokes strong emotional reactions within most people. Too many times parental needs are overlooked and parents are not given psychological support and assistance. This article explores feelings commonly expressed by parents of a disabled child and presents basic approaches helpful in working with such parents. (Author)

Children show less evidence of nominal realism (treating the name and its object as the same) after participating in an arbitrary naming task, but older children do not show as much development away from nominal realism as Piaget postulated. (RL)

Scoring well in a Michigan school district, this early intervention program detects learning problems in four-year-olds and brings mom and dad into the effort to correct them. (Editor)

Describes the characteristics associated with children who have receptive language disability or aphasia, the difficulties these children have in everyday living, the problems they can expect in school, and the responsibility of the teacher and parent in helping the aphasic child overcome his problem. (RK)

Discusses the relationship between geometrical and numerical concepts in the mathematical development of young children. Based upon a longitudinal field study of 224 children, findings suggest that memorization ability facilitates understanding of numerical concepts but that subsequent mathematical development is restricted until basic geometry is…

Described are the format and teaching methods used in an art project for educable mentally retarded children in Lincoln, England. (IM)