Discusses the influence of home computers on school education and the effects of parental involvement in children's education. Trends in home computers in the United States are presented, and research projects examining home use of computers for education are reviewed. (Author/LRW)

Adolescent drinking is influenced by parental modeling of drinking, parental attitudes toward children's drinking, and especially by parent-child conflict. The influence varies depending on the adolescent's age, race, and sex. Conflict is a key variable which may be both cause and effect of adolescent drinking. (VM)

Tested the effectiveness of program for parents to help their adolescent children in career planning using pretest-posttest control group design. Found significant effects for groups over time; of five parent-child relations and career development variables, career orientation and career items proved significant; results approached significance…

Examined pervasive family patterns and values and their implications for an effective alcohol education program on a college campus. Explored alcohol attitudes and behaviors modeled by parents of incoming freshmen, parental attitudes toward student drinking, parental knowledge of student drinking, and student drinking patterns. (Author/ABB)

A study examined demographic, impairment-related, and parental variables that best predicted self-concept among 49 severely to profoundly hearing-impaired 5- to 11-year-olds. A strong relationship was observed between self-concept and parental indulgence, parental rejection, parental protection, parental discipline, and extent of language…

Article reviews research focusing exclusively on the reading knowledge of preschool children who have not begun schooling and have not received formal reading instruction. The categories are (1) studies that document what preschool children learn about reading (informally at home or in preschool), and (2) studies that tell us how children learn…

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching conducted a nationwide survey of high school seniors and their parents. Parents and how they shape their youngsters' post-high school plans, the qualities they look for in a college, and what they expect their children to gain are discussed. (MLW)

Reports a study of mathematically and verbally talented children which investigated hypotheses that (1) mathematically related fields are sex typed as male domains and (2) parents give differential encouragement to sons and daughters in math. Results indicated that neither hypothesis related to current sex differences in mathematical reasoning…

Young children become vulnerable to stress and depression when they are forced to be over-achievers. Suggestions are offered for helping children enjoy life and develop at their own pace. (DF)

Explores the social correlates of the interpretive abilities of young children to assess televised narratives. Demonstrates negative correlations between amount of television viewed by parents and children's television comprehension, indicating that the more parents viewed television, the worse their children performed on comprehension tests.…

This analysis of current adult reading habits, library use during previous year, and related childhood experiences of both the respondents and their parents reveals the importance of social learning and parents as primary agents in the development of reading and library habits. Twenty-three references are included. (EJS)

Developmental outcome was compared in 1,031 Singleton children of teenage mothers and 10,950 Singleton children of older mothers. Children born to teenage mothers and living with them through the first five years of life performed less well than other children in tests of vocabulary and behavior, were shorter on the average, and had smaller head…

Compared White and Black lower status female adolescents (N=94) attending an Alternative School for Dropouts on their perceptions of women's work role. No significant differences were found. Both Whites and Blacks took egalitarian positions concerning women's role in the labor market more strongly when compared to the home dimension. (JAC)

Describes observations of mother-child dyads during reading aloud events. Traces the changes in the mothers' interactional strategies as the children grew over the six-month period, and the mothers adapted to the experiential, linguistic, and literacy background of the children to construct meaning from the text. (HTH)

The main components of Japan's educational system are the Ministry of Education, an active teachers' union, and a national college-entrance examination underwritten by education-conscious parents. These components create stability and efficiency in Japan's schools, which play a key role in today's high-tech age just as they did in postwar…