This paper is an attempt to develop a strategy for career counselors and researchers to organize data on the influences of the family of origin on the career decision-making process. Utilizing new approaches, counselors can deepen their clients' career planning process by assisting them in comprehending how family background, upbringing, support,…

Empirical analysis of peer effects on student achievement has been open to question because of the difficulties of separating peer effects from other confounding influences. While most econometric attention has been directed at issues of simultaneous determination of peer interactions, this paper argues that issues of omitted and mismeasured…

A personal story from a mother who was glad she chose to keep her multiply handicapped son at home rather than place him in a residential institution. (ST)

Describes some major findings from two national surveys to determine what factors most influence academic achievement. Findings indicate, in part, that the more instruction a child gets the more he learns, home and community play a more influential role in student reading than do schools, and that schools have little success in closing the…

Parents bear a primary responsibility within the broader context of educational accountability, for meeting the physical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional needs of their children. (Author)

Academic performance of boys in a high father-present (more than 2 hours per day) group was found to be very superior to that of boys in early father-absent (before age 5), late father-absent (after age 5), and low father-present (less than 6 hours per week) groups. (NH)

Briefly described is an individualized program which attempted to motivate Indian girls, residing at an Indian school, to attend college. Of ten girls in the experiment, three did go on to college. (CJ)

Explores the inconsistency in societal expectations for American males from youth to adulthood. (AJ)

Alienation of youth and others in non-Communist countries is pointed to as the pitfall to overcome by giving attention to moral education. Problems and methodological concerns are reviewed in a brief survey of the literature. Steps which should be taken in research relating to moral education are suggested. (CB)

Provides an overview of recent behavior-genetic studies of personality that document (1) the demonstration of genetic bases for stability of certain personality dimensions, (2) evidence suggesting the most influential environmental sources of variation are those not jointly experienced by family members, and (3) continuing controversy regarding…

Asserts (1) that contrary to Waters, findings affirm the importance of viewing mother-infant attachment as a dynamic relationship, responsive to family conditions, and (2) that these findings are consistent with those of other researchers. (Author/RH)

The role of the family has historically been recognized as a significant influence in the prevention and treatment of delinquent behavior among troubled youth. Though youth desire their own sense of significance, competence, and power, positive parental influence is vital in the early formation of the youth's personality. (Author)