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Fuligni, Andrew J.; Zhang, Wenxin – Child Development, 2004
A sense of obligation to support, assist, and respect the family was examined among approximately 700 urban and rural 10th- (M=16.6 years) and 12th- (M=18.9 years) grade students in the People's Republic of China. Urban male adolescents reported a weaker sense of family obligation than did rural male adolescents and both urban and rural female…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Family Relationship
Peninsula Humane Society, San Mateo, CA. – 1983
Activities in this unit are designed to familiarize primary grade students with the responsibilities involved in pet ownership. Teaching plans are provided for a total of 12 lessons involving social studies, language arts, math, and health sciences. Activities adaptable for readers and non-readers focus on pet overpopulation, care of pets when…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Child Responsibility, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Educ Leadership, 1969
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Class Activities, Elementary Schools, Individual Characteristics
Felker, Donald W.; Bahlke, Susan – 1970
The study tests four hypotheses derived from the proposition that positive self-concept is partly due to an ability to utilize self-initiated verbal reinforcement. Subjects were 131 (66 boys and 65 girls) white fourth grade students from a suburban middle class school. The Piers-Harris self-concept measure was administered to all students. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students
Breen, Myles P.; Powell, Jon T. – 1973
A statistical analysis of the effect of television commercials on children, this study found that children both like and believe television commercials. Middle Western children from grades two through five rated four videotaped TV commercials, selected at random, on a scale of true/false, happy/not happy, real/not real, stupid/smart, nice/not…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes, Commercial Television
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Goodman, Gail S. – Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Reviews literature on the reliability of children as courtroom witnesses. Analyzes past and present laws governing the acceptability of children's testimony. Discusses psychological research that has challenged the view that children are more suggestible than adults. Gives special attention to studies made in the early 1900s. (KH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Psychology, Child Responsibility, Children
DuPont, Lori; Foley, Joanne; Gagliardi, Annette – 1999
This curriculum resource grew out of a grass roots effort to promote the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child through education and political action. Designed primarily for young children and their parents, the curriculum builds on the power of the parent-child relationship to help build a positive self-image for both parent and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Early Childhood Education
Strasser, Ben B. – Instructor, 1973
Presents lesson characteristics that describe inquiry lessons, which are designed to teach students how to learn to think for themselves and develop their own decision making powers. (RK)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Curriculum Development, Group Structure, Individualism
Lowery, Robert; Enns, J. G. – Education Canada, 1971
Two high school principals describe opposing school philosophies. In one school the student is encouraged to learn independently while at the other both teacher-student rapport and cognitive learning are of equal importance. (AF)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Garbarino, James – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Weighs the risks and opportunities of latchkey children, who must supervise themselves after school because their parent or parents work. Suggests some school/community alternatives for supervising these children and/or teaching them self-care skills. Condensed from "Vital Issues," v30, n3, p1-4. (SJL)
Descriptors: After School Day Care, Child Responsibility, Childhood Needs, Elementary Education
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Hozman, Thomas L.; Froiland, Donald J. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1977
Each case presented here will give an example of a child in a specific stage of the divorce model. One example is given for each of the stages in the model, and it is hoped that the readers will generalize from the specific situation. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Responsibility, Children, Counselor Role
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Gold, Nora – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
Twenty-two siblings of autistic boys and 34 other siblings were compared on measures of depression, social adjustment, and family responsibilities. Results showed that siblings of autistic boys scored significantly higher on depression than the comparison group, but not on problems of social adjustment. There were no significant gender…
Descriptors: Autism, Caregivers, Child Responsibility, Depression (Psychology)
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Pomerantz, Eva M.; Ruble, Diane N. – Child Development, 1998
Examined relationship of maternal control and sex differences in children taking responsibility for failure and possessing strong standards. Found that, in using control, mothers were more likely to grant autonomy to boys than to girls. This socialization pattern partially mediated girls' tendency to take greater responsibility for failure than…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Rearing, Child Responsibility, Mothers
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Woldt, Bradley D.; Bradley, John R. – Journal of Drug Education, 1996
Investigates direct and mediating effects of mechanisms hypothesized to account for the association between parental problem drinking and later problem drinking by offspring. Parents' drinking affected later problematic alcohol use by offspring. For both sexes, parental problem drinking reduced adaptive family functioning, which was subsequently…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Child Neglect
Peninsula Humane Society, San Mateo, CA. – 1983
Activities in this teacher's packet are designed to familiarize secondary school students with the responsibilities involved in pet ownership. Teaching plans are provided for a total of 12 lessons grouped under social studies, language arts, math, and health sciences. Activities focus on pet overpopulation, expressions of social responses in…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Child Responsibility, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
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