Discusses the potential benefits of having pets for self-care children. Researchers suggest that companion animals can lower blood pressure, show up high on a list of children's helpers and indirectly increase feelings of safety. (RJC)

Briefly argues that Lytton's article in this issue is wrong in arguing that boys with conduct disorder cultivate their own deviance by driving social exchanges with their parents. Presents the view that parental insensitivity sets the stage for child maladjustment. In this view, children diminish parental nonsynchrony through antisocial behavior.…

Lytton responds to two critical commentaries in this issue by restating the reasons why it is useful to try to disentangle child effects from parent effects. Argues that 10 convergent lines of research provide evidence that the child's tendencies are stronger contributors to conduct disorder than are parental influences. (RH)

This book describes current educational programs in which young people have been tutoring younger students; the programs are based on the assumption that children learn more from teaching other children. To the degree that they offer a chance to enact an adult role, teaching tasks can provide reassurance and confidence for many youths. Strategies…

The nation's children have $4.7 billion of their own money to spend and that does not count what their parents buy for them, which is a lot. (Author)

Time data indicate that, even when employed outside the home, wives still spend more time in household production than other family members. Wives spent less time in dishwashing and care of clothing activities, while children spent more time shopping, in 1977 than in 1967. (Author/CT)

Strategies are presented for providing positive values education through the process of receiving toys as holiday gifts, without detracting from the enjoyment of receiving and using the toys. Children can learn responsibility and property management skills by taking inventory, categorizing, and evaluating toys. (PB)

This investigation examined the normative expectation that adult children should be responsible for the care of their aging parents, and how this norm changes over the adult life span, across several decades of historical time, in relation to generational position in families, and between successive generations. Analyses were performed using 4…

Presents a brief, personal account of the author's experiences as a 12-year-old teacher in Cuba's literacy campaign of 1961. (AEA)

This article dealt with personal safety and the role of teachers in creating a secure and safe environment for all in the schools. (Author/RK)

Describes a method for teaching family sociology to students by utilizing volunteer families. Benefits of the approach were that students became involved in subject matter of a course on a semi-empirical level, and they became aware of all dimensions of family life. (EK)

Explores the nature and extent of changes in single-parent childrearing and discusses the effects on counseling for both unmarried and divorced mothers and on the use of mediation. It also describes recent efforts to increase the father's financial responsibility. (Author/BL)

The responsibility for learning belongs to the child. In most cases a child will accept this responsibility. (Author)

Compared beliefs, perceptions, and decisions of Black and White adolescents on having children. Both Black males and females expressed stronger beliefs than White respondents that having children promotes greater marital success, personal security, and approval. Blacks expressed stronger beliefs that couples should have as many children as they…