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Mosatche, Harriet S. – 1988
This booklet focuses on three particularly prevalent family crises: divorce, the death of a parent, and poverty. These crises profoundly affect millions of children in their personal, academic, and social development. The information and activities in this booklet are provided to enable Girl Scout leaders to increase their efforts both in helping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Coping, Death
Coleman, Marion Tolbert – 1990
In this paper, reproduced from a speech given before the Communications Network in Philanthropy, the author uses television as a metaphor to explain the role of the family in the United States, focusing on the "Leave It to Beaver" series. An oral picture is used to discuss the changing nature of the family and divorce. First the family life of the…
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Characteristics, Family Life, Family Problems
Innes, Ruth S. – 1990
A licensed counselor working in a privately owned mental health facility implemented a practicum study designed to improve the parenting skills and quality of family communication in families with children between 3 and 14 years of age. Practicum goals were to: (1) give parents information that would improve their parenting skills; and (2)…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Family Problems, Instructional Development
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This report provides an overview of research findings on major Federal welfare system design issues. The report is based on: a review of 100 major welfare studies completed since 1975; interviews with Federal, State, and local welfare officials; the results of the General Accounting Office's (GAO) welfare work; and an analysis of the Census…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Family Problems, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Towers, David A. – 1990
The works of Kegan and Guidano have presented cognition and emotion as complementary modes of knowing that develop together. Cognition is conceived of as being concerned with the knowledge of reality, and emotions are conceptualized as people's system for knowing of their relationship to that reality. Adult children of dysfunctional families are a…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Cognitive Development, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Techniques
National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO. – 1990
Representing a continuing effort to document and track legislative activity on issues critical to families, this publication provides a compilation of brief summaries of all legislation enacted up to the end of August, 1989 by 48 states and Puerto Rico. Included are bills covering 16 major public policy topics related to children, youth, and…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Family Problems, Family Programs, Financial Support
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1990
This ERIC digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
Hendricks, Leo E.; Montgomery, Teresa A. – 1986
This paper focuses on the causes, consequences and prevention of the alarming number of pregnancies among black teenagers. Teenage pregnancy is a symptom of the failure to have one's basic spiritual, intellectual/emotional, and physical needs met. Unmet infantile needs cause adolescents to search for romantic relationships in which they can…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
Moxnes, Kari – 1986
The opinion that divorce is more painful and difficult for men than for women is widespread among both professionals and the public. This issue was examined in a study involving 50 divorced men and 44 divorced women in Trondheim, Norway. Interviews were conducted with respondents and the difficulty and pain of divorce were measured in part by each…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Divorce, Emotional Adjustment, Family Problems
Gault, Stanley C.; Brock, William E.; Donahue, Thomas R. – 1987
Three conference papers explore issues related to work and the American family. The first, by Stanley C. Gault, Chairman of th Board of the National Association of Manufacturers, discusses recent changes in business practices that accommodate changes in the structure of the modern American family. The second, by Secretary of Labor, William E.…
Descriptors: Business, Conflict, Employed Parents, Family Problems
Phelan, Patricia – 1986
The purpose of this study is to illustrate how the combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods were necessary in obtaining within this society a clearer understanding of incest. The paper opens with a report of studies carried out on natural father and stepfather incestuous families, and this opens up the issue of the appropriateness of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Incest
Cohen, George M.; And Others – 1986
This document contains papers from a conference which targeted the needs and interests of counselors working with families. Individual papers in the book include: (1) "Economic, Social and Political Influences on Families" (Lynda Henley Walters); (2) "Family Structures and Stresses: A Counseling Perspective" (Edwin Herr); (3) "Cultural Diversity…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselors, Family Counseling
Dail, Paula W. – 1986
Unemployment and the resulting financial hardships which occur are among the most difficult circumstances imposed upon families. A study was undertaken to identify the sources and degree of stress experienced by families affected by economic displacement through unemployment. A sample of unemployed families (N=146) responded to components of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Family Income, Family Problems
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
This project was implemented in 1982 as a result of legal action taken against the Texas Department of Human Resources (DHR) by clients of child protective services (CPS) who alleged that they were not given notice of all services available or of their right to a fair hearing. The goal of the project was to determine whether special fair-hearing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Rights
Phillips, Shelley – 1986
Fairy tales dramatize a widely held presumption that children are at high risk of abuse in stepfamilies. The idea seems almost accepted as fact, yet it has never been adequately tested. This paper provides detailed information about life in blended and stepfamilies. Sections focus on (1) stepmothers; (2) children's views of their stepmothers; (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Children
