Use of a "Dialogue Duo" approach in which students work together on understanding family life through novels is presented. Some resource materials are also listed. (Author)

This article describes a college course concerned with contemporary issues influencing families. Changing role relationships, new attitudes about contraception and abortion, violence within families, and divorce are among the contemporary changes in attitudes and practices in families. Conclusions reached about the importance of such courses are…

The background and content of home management is clarified and its contribution to an integrated approach to family studies is elaborated. Problems in bridging the gaps in the broad applied field of family studies are discussed. (Author)

This service, offered by The Family Coordinator, is a report of articles found in journals which are not likely to be read regularly but offer an article or special issue of particular usefulness in the family field. Topics included in this issue are paternal rights, student marriages, women's studies, sex, Kibbutz Children, intermarriage and…

Two sociologists briefly cite their research findings and opinions on cohabitation on the college campus. Of their sample 300 students 29 percent of the males and 18 percent of the females had had cohabitation experience. The authors believe that incidence of cohabitation will increase on campus and in the community at large. Therefore, more…

This paper describes the training seminar approach for providing family life leaders in developing countries during times of rapid social change. It has been found that the effective service rendered by trainees as they returned to their home communities was closely related to the qualities and qualifications they brought to the seminar.…

A ten year pattern of reaching out to the community through a family life conference series is described. Particular coverage is given in regard to structure, the content of various conference years, and the evaluation process. A family life conference sponsored by cooperative action of youth and adults is believed to be an effective method of…

This paper describes an approach to family life education which consists of a set of three educational objectives: (a) learning general principles; (b) learning how to apply principles in specific situations; and (c) learning skills to implement the principles in everyday life. (Author)

Sex role, professionalism, multiple functions, and inter-disciplinary conflicts are the major role problems depicted in this paper. The author concludes with a summary of the problems and suggestions for coping with them. (Author)

This paper offers some practical suggestions and techniques in dealing with organized opposition to sex education and family life education programs. (BY)

A discussion of what the author has learned about family life through teaching, research and counseling. (EK)

This paper deals with helping high school students cope with family stress and locating community resources. (YRJ)

This article describes some family images and approaches to problems found in some of television's daytime soap operas'' and raises the question of whether viewers would choose to follow fantasy each day if given other options. (Author)

Introduces the special issue on men's roles in the family and highlights some of the interesting articles which follow. A brief review of the literature on male roles is included. (BEF)

This paper presents a three-session workshop model designed to integrate exploratory research and service to childfree couples and describes the pilot workshop and research from which it was derived. This workshop design maximizes utilization of participants' insights so as to illuminate conceptual and practical issues associated with voluntary…