Social trends indicating change in family structure and roles, more single-parent and blended families, and the important role of parents in socialization demonstrate the need for parenting education. A parenting course should include understanding of healthy family life and parental roles, parenting styles, child development, and parenting…

A project completed the final draft of a script for a video that would present the realities of teen parenthood. The video was intended to show the social and economic problems teen parents encounter, the potential problems single parents must face, and the expectations of parenthood. Steps in the writing process included the following: interviews…

This handbook, published by the Teen Father's Program of the Sacramento (California) YWCA, outlines options available to teen fathers-to-be, as well as adolescent males who are already fathers, and where they can find help. While the final decision about pregnancy legally rests with the mother, the father can be involved in the process by helping…

This networking guide is intended to encourage public agencies and the private sector throughout Maryland to share information, concerns, and strategies with one another regarding teenage pregnancy and parenting. The first section, a summary of local-level activities regarding teenage pregnancy and parenting, emphasizes efforts undertaken in…

Intended for staff who maintain teen pregnancy and parenting programs and for those just beginning such programs, the strategies, instrument, and resource list provided in this document were generated by 150 educators and community service providers who are experienced with similar programs. Section A provides the following lists: (1) barriers to…

Intended for parents, the interview with T. B. Brazleton discusses aspects of child mental health, including the difference among babies, the hyperkinetic infant, the baby's influence on the parent and vice versa, laying the groundwork for competency in children, and community programs for parents. (BB)

Describes the Parent/Child Program at the Booth Memorial Home in Oakland, California, which trains young mothers in parenting skills, gives them a chance to complete their education or vocational preparation, and provides care and developmental opportunity for the infants. (Author/SDH)

Six papers from a 1978 conference on birth defects focus on prevention. G. Stickle ("The Health of America's Babies: How Do We Stack Up?'" reviews risk in pregnancy, cites inadequate prenatal care and maternal nutrition, and discusses examples of how the United States is not applying its knowledge of how to improve pregnancy outcome. In "Genetic…

The effectiveness of an educational intervention program in increasing the parenting skills and knowledge of adolescents with infants was evaluated. The early part of the program consisted of an "informal" group which received individual counseling without a formal curriculum. This group consisted of 29 mothers whose babies were two months of age,…

It is apparent that the family, and the parents in particular, are powerful influences on the child's learning, even before the child reaches school. The home is the place where children learn first, and the extent to which they learn later in life is determined greatly by what goes on at home. The Affective Education Program, a Title I funded…

Describes the author's technique for teaching pupils about the influence of their families on them by discussion regarding a child's position, or birth order, in the family. (HMV)

As educators, family life specialists have special obligations to insure that their own advocacy of certain lifestyles does not induce students to attempt those lifestyles without full information on them and the available alternatives. They need to continue to provide role models for students. (Author)

This article, the first of a series of four on school-affiliated daycare programs, presents an introduction to the "public school prime-sponsorship" debate, followed by an account of the history and development of the Education for Parenthood Pilot Project in Austin, Texas. (CM)

Young fathers should share in planning for the children they have helped create and learn to manage their sexual impulses responsibly. (JD)

Reviews several national parenthood education projects and research surveys and presents a five-page annotated bibliography of resource materials (both print and non-print) on parenthood education for secondary school teachers. (MF)