A young father reports on the arrangements of a dual career family for child nurturance and out-of-home care for their son. (RH)

Describes the author's personal experience with the birth of his third and fourth children using the Lamaze method of childbirth. (BF/JH)

A teacher relates her experiences in teaching child development to teenage mothers and pregnant school-age girls enrolled in the New London Young Parents Program, a project sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Section of the Connecticut State Department of Health. (CS)

Indicates prerequisites and strategies for successfully recruiting foster parents and discusses strategies for retaining their services. (RH)

Describes a series of group meetings for prospective adoptive couples in which participants explored issues related to rearing adopted children with special needs. Results of informal evaluation by participants are reported. (RH)

Reports on changing family composition, family interaction, and family relationships with the larger world as reflected in children's books. Covers eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. (RH)

Reviews existing studies on motherless families in four English-speaking industralized countries: Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States. (BR)

Describes the Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH) program and discusses the advantages of a placement contracting process to adults and children involved in foster care. (SB)

Describes the development, testing and evaluation of a curriculum designed to help foster parents deal with the problems encountered in their special situations. (SB)

This article emphasizes the importance of facilitating the development of a global world view among young children, and suggests ways of inculcating such a perspective at an early age. (CM)

Describes operation of the Parent Care Pavilion of the J. W. Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, which encourages active parent involvement in care of hospitalized children on a 24-hour basis. Benefits to children, parents and staff are described. (BF)

Describes a 12-week course for foster parents sponsored by the University of Minnesota in cooperation with Minnesota state and county departments of welfare and the Minnesota Foster Parents Association. (MB)

Describes the development of a cooperative relationship between natural and boarding home parents of handicapped children. (RN)

Describes a pilot study on emergency room treatment for children 3-13 years of age. The study focuses on children, parents, and their interactions under stress. Results indicate several areas of emergency room care which should be investigated and improved. (ED)

Issues that arise when fathers get custody of their children after divorce are: conditions of custody, coping with the role of parent and homemaker, adjustments which have to be made by the children, and the effect of custody on other social relationships. (CM)