This article presents some of the issues and strategies involved in planning, conducting, and evaluating in-service education programs for parents. (MM)

In presenting an outline of parent education activities, discusses the nature of parent education and describes a life cycle approach to interventions. (RH)

This study was concerned with measuring perceptions of a random sample of college students toward the "father role." The Father Role Opinionnaire (FRO) was developed to compile data on five sub-role dimensions of the father role--nuturer, problem solver, provider, societal model, and recreational companion. (Author/KC)

Discusses the findings of an evaluation questionnaire designed to obtain information from adolescents in the areas of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about parenting, marriage, and related topics. (BD)

Differences between the perceptions women have of men's beliefs and attitudes toward early child parenting and the men's actual responses showed females continually granting less credit to the parenting interest and the awareness of men than the men evidenced. Thus parenting socialization programs for unmarrieds should encourage planning and…

This paper discusses the evolution of parenthood education programs in Poland. The history of attitudes toward childhood is traced briefly and the roles and responsibilities of parents in the modern family are discussed. Government support of the family in Poland is documented and some parent education or education for family life programs are…

Conceptualizes parent development as an outcome of parent education. Describes implementation of a cognitive theory-based educational design for facilitating parent development in four parent education sites. Implications of focusing parent education on complex parent development outcomes are discussed. (SNR)

All fifteen issues of a monthly eight-page newsletter for parents of infants are provided in this document. The first three issues offer advice on becoming a parent, preparing for childbirth, and caring for the baby at birth. The remaining 12 issues take up in sequence each of the baby's first 12 months of life. Parents are informed about…

The author, U. S. Commissioner of Education, describes several of that agencies programs for training parents for more effective parenting. (HMV)

This selective bibliography cites 108 ERIC documents on parent education and parent involvement during the child's preschool years. Included are reports from both home-based and center-based programs. Entries are from "Research in Education (RIE)," October 1970 through April 1974, and from "Current Index to Journals in Education…

A simulation game designed as a tool for teaching parenting skills is described. This board game, called MANDALA, guides participants through the process of rearing a child from conception to adolescence. Assuming the parenting role, players must cope with true-life experiences of their child. A throw of the dice sends players through the various…

The author emphasizes the importance of education for parenthood and recommends such education for both adolescents and adults. In recent years, parenthood education for teenagers has been emphasized at the national level by the Children's Bureau, Office of Child Development, HEW. However, this emphasis is declining and parent education is…

The perceptions of middle class expectant parents, unmarried college students, and high school students about parenthood are compared in this study. A survey administered to these groups in Austin, Texas, indicated three major results. (1) Parents-to-be are more realistic than students about the pace of development of infants. College students are…