This study of 707 sibling pairs, 10- to 18-years-old, examined parent-child and sibling interactions to determine the effects of genetics on family environment. The sample included identical and fraternal twins and full siblings in nondivorced families, as well as full, half, and unrelated siblings in divorced families. Found significant genetic…

Notes that a challenging aspect of teaching young children about families is teaching about a wide variety of fathers. Discusses how to develop and implement appropriate curriculum content about fathers and other males. Offers suggestions for identifying resources and concepts, developing and implementing learning activities, and evaluating and…

This article reviews the positive influence fathers can have on their children's development, as well as the impact the father-child relationship can have on the father's personal well-being and satisfaction. Strategies are provided for facilitating inclusion of fathers in early intervention service delivery, including involvement in play and…

Describes adolescent development in a family where children were treated as equal partners in decision making and behavior. Maintains that adolescents will grow from the relationship of shared power and responsibility. Discusses issues such as sexuality, television viewing, and athletics. (CFR)

Discusses specific issues school counselors may encounter when working with children and parents who are Christian fundamentalists. Fundamentalist families are likely to be intact, father-led, politically conservative, suspicious and skeptical, and often spiritual elitist. Offers a definition of Christian fundamentalism, explores client…

Attempts to support the parental prejudice hypothesis by having students report on their parents' attitudes. Results from two studies indicate that heavyweight women were more likely to pay their own way through college, irrespective of their parents' income. The selection bias against fat women was strongest for daughters of political…

Third graders with high achievement levels were observed while they worked with their parents on solvable and unsolvable problems. The children's perceptions of their academic competence were related to the father's warmth during the work on the problems and to the child's type of behavior while working on unsolvable problems. (BC)

Reports a longitudinal study comparing 211 male inpatients in Stockholm, Sweden, alcohol clinic with a random sample of 200 men from Stockholm's general population. Random sample and inpatient males who also reported drug use had more psychosocial problems and had grown up in families with more abuse of alcohol and drugs than those who did not…

Describes an approach to working with parents that emphasizes the parents' own learning processes and that can be termed a "developmental partnership." Parents are explicitly acknowledged as the primary educators of their own children. Issues in developmental partnership, including the role of the unconscious in relationships focused on…

The article discusses the effects of a mother's employment on her children. It focuses on whether day care is bad for children, how it affects babies, and the best time for a mother to return to work. It also discusses parental leave and benefits. (SM)

This study examined parental actions that contribute to the highly academic education of young children. Findings showed that mothers who believed in early adult-directed instruction and high performance standards selected out-of-home activities that supported those beliefs. These mothers brought a notable degree of directiveness to bear on their…

The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered to 96 expecting mothers. In a one-year followup, mothers were seen with their child in the Strange Situation procedure. Maternal representations of attachment from the AAI predicted infant-mother attachment patterns in the Strange Situation. (BC)

Adolescents 10 to 18 years of age were interviewed 4.5 years after their parents' divorce. Adolescents' feeling of being caught between parents was related to high parental conflict and low parental cooperation. Closeness to both parents was related to low feelings of being caught between parents. Feeling caught was related to poor adjustment…

Investigates the relationship between parental self-esteem and behavior problems in children, using responses of 1,624 married couples from the National Survey of Families and Households. Results indicate that parent self-esteem is negatively associated with behavior problems in children, but none of the hypothesized moderating variables have a…

Among 78 mothers of Mexican-American adolescent inhalant users, many did not adhere to traditional marital and maternal roles, but this was not related to child's drug use. Child's drug use was related to indicators of household stability, including parents' marital status, father's employment status, and maternal emotional adjustment. (Author/SV)