Adolescents defined as at-risk typically lack healthy models of parenting and receive no parenthood education prior to assuming the parenting role. Unless a proactive approach is implemented, the cyclic pattern of dysfunctional parenting-- including higher rates of teen pregnancy, increased childhood abuse, low educational attainment,…

Describes a program being taught in 14 East Coast independent schools and three Philadelphia public schools to teach school-aged children to be caring and competent in human and family relationships, by observing parent-child interactions and by participating in infant care. Highlights predicted outcomes of the Education for Parenting program.…

Many parents have difficulty with their children primarily because they either lack information or have misinformation as to how to rear their children. This article describes child study groups designed to provide information parents need to develop a constructive relationship with their children. (Author)

The authors stress the importance of parental behavior on the development of their children. They present a family communication system which involves procedures to help parents be more capable of rearing their children. Some research results are presented which show that parents undergoing training gained in confidence and became more accepting.…

A nationwide program gives the teenagers the basics for becoming good parents and some insights into their own development and behavior to boot. (Editor)

This survey of existing American Indian parenting programs is part of a National American Indian Court Judges Association project to design a model process by which social service providers can offer effective parent education programs that are culturally relevant to American Indians. The report also offers profiles, including addresses and names…

This article presents the goals and objectives of the Home Start Program, a description of the program, evaluation results, dissemination and replication outcomes, and results of a longitudinal research study of Home Start. The article concludes with implications for family policy as inferred from findings regarding Home Start. (DB)

The sixth of eight related documents, this monograph describes the parent study group aspect of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The document describes the background and rationale for this parenting program, designed to help parents understand their child and the role parents play in a child's development, and…

This interim report documents early experiences with recruitment, retention, service delivery, and establishment of links with employment/training and child support enforcement agencies for participants in the first year of a young unwed fathers program; and presents a profile of the 228 young fathers who had enrolled in the program by the end of…