Describes a college child development course which included a "Living Lab" that provided opportunities for the students to observe and interact with 15 parents and their children. (SS)

This guide is one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed by the Salvation Army for use in programs to prepare teenagers for parenthood or for child care careers. This volume outlines one of two programs for training future leaders of the Salvation Army Corps Cadets (ages 12 to 18). This program consists of five self-contained…

This guide is one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed by the Salvation Army for use in programs to prepare teenagers for parenthood or for child care careers. This volume presents one of two programs for training future leaders of the Salvation Army Corps Cadets (ages 12 to 18). The program aims at increasing participants'…

As a lesson in responsibility and parenting, junior high school students were given eggs as their "children" and told to care for them for two weeks. Students also participated in various small group projects studying the characteristics and needs of three year olds. (SJL)

This parenthood education curriculum is organized into eight units designed for use in approximately 8 weeks of instruction. Each unit includes the following: an overview, an introductory focus question, a lesson synopsis, basic concepts, lesson objectives, a brief review of basic information, materials, equipment, and advance preparation needed,…

The first part of a parenthood education curriculum series intended for use in home economics classrooms, this module focuses on the decision to parent with two major competencies as goals: the ability to appraise the variety of responsibilities involved in being a parent; and the ability to utilize the decision-making process in determining if…

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 guide for educators, produced by the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, contains 20 activities designed to help adolescents explore the issues of parenting, with a special emphasis on parenthood as a choice. Activities to implement the learning objectives are suggested, including values clarification exercises, infor- mation sharing,…

The booklet is designed to help Girl Scout leaders make effective use of the Child Development Guide. The discussion covers: getting started (an explanation of how the guide works, what parts of the guide to use, a brief outline of the various activities to be used, kinds of participation, and samples of individual forms for each girl's projects);…

Presents a rationale for teaching parenting to children, and through an analysis of Piaget's developmental stages, suggests that such instruction might appropriately begin at age seven when the child enters the concrete operations stage. Outlines implementation strategies, learning objectives, and sample instructional activities for a six-week…

As a lesson in responsibility and parenting, seventh graders were given eggs as their "children" and told to give them 24-hour care. Since this was part of a unit on world families, students also investigated child rearing customs in five cultures. (SJL)

This home economics education curriculum guide provides the teacher-developer with learner competencies for a parenthood education program. The guide is designed in the form of competency statements, criteria for the competency, and enabling activities. Chapter 1, parental relationships, contains competencies concerning preparation for parenthood,…

This updated home economics core curriculum was developed following extensive research conducted by Colorado home economics teachers. The guide, designed to be used in grades 10-12, contains five units to be used as a 1-semester course. The guide includes a scope and sequence outline that lists the topics, lessons, and process skills, in addition…

The second part of a parenthood education curriculum series intended for use in high school home economics classrooms, this second module focuses on sexuality and the adolescent with three major competencies as goals: (1) ability to describe how teenagers' concept of self is affected by growth and development in adolescence; (2) ability to explain…

This leader's manual, keyed to an accompanying videotape, contains step-by-step instructions for conducting a training session for volunteers who are preparing to work with young unmarried pregnant women. The manual, which includes transparency masters of handouts, is laid out with the outside column of each page containing instructions to the…