Lists criteria for selecting instructional materials concerning young children, and describes nine media packages. (Author/SB)

A research review of the major consequences of early childbearing on education, income, marriage, subsequent childbearing, children's development, and family support. (CM)

Points out the commonalities in parenting and teaching: provision of the learning environment, predictability, reciprocal social interaction, persistence, responsiveness, reasoning, rationality, reading, and warmth. (ED)

Discusses parents' use of family support systems in terms of personal social networks, material and emotional support, sources of information, and ethnic differences. Implications for educators are mentioned. (Author/DB)

This article summarizes findings of "What Grown-ups Understand about Child Development," a national survey to gauge America's knowledge about child development. The findings suggest a need for more and better information on topics such as expectations of young children at different ages, theories on spanking and spoiling, and choices of…