The author discusses some of the needs of the single parent and tells how Parents Without Partners attempts to meet those needs. Recent changes and innovations are given particular attention. (Editor)

The author's style of writing has implications for the ease with which the written material can be read. Using the Flesch Reading Ease Formula, the mean readability score, the standard deviation, and range are given for 50 parenting books. Discussion suggests how the list might be used by parent educators. (Author)

Following a review of basic educational, social, and health constraints faced by single pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents, an urban community's action program directed to this group is described. The organizational structure of the action program is presented as a model for others to explore. (Author)

Problems of teenage parenting demand from counselors not only traditional skills, but knowledge more relevant to the particular needs of adolescents. In addition to special knowledge about the individual, counselors need knowleges of teen peer cultures, sexuality, adolescent and infant development, health and nutrition needs, parenting skills, and…

This survey of juvenile courts across the country indicates that only one of five courts have a parent group program and few use procedures reported in the growing literature relating to changing the behavior of agressive children. (Author)

Conscious and unconscious reactions on the part of all professionals to single parenthood can affect the way they deal with it and with the youngsters involved. This paper results from an in depth study of single parents, the needs they bring to social agencies, and the challenge they present to all helping professions. It has been specifically…