Examined the relationships between adolescent drug use (N=145) and perceived parent attitudes and behaviors. Relationships between parental use of drugs and adolescent use of the same drugs were moderate and roughly equivalent across drugs. Parental use of marijuana was strongly related to the adolescent's use of harder drugs. (JAC)

The case study traces the early education of an exceptionally intellectually talented sister and brother identified by the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at the Johns Hopkins University. The experience of the parents with education, both their own and their children's are examined. (Author/CL)

Describes a study that analyzed and described humorous productions of deaf children and the reaction of other deaf children to those productions. One finding was that primarily verbal humor was appreciated more by older children with hearing parents; humor characterized by sign complexity, by children with deaf parents. (SED)

Attempted to determine authoritarian paternal attitude inter-generational transmission in fathers and sons (N=75). Results suggested that authoritarian paternal attitudes could be indicated in terms of five factors: Dominant, Rigidity, Conformity, Intolerant, and Uncreative; and that the sons expressed strongly the authoritarian attitudes of their…

Examines indirect parental influence on mate choice of Hawaiian brides (N=3,814) and grooms (N=3,357), all of whom married into the native group of their parents. Results indicated that mate choice is more influenced by the opposite-sex parent and in general more influenced by mothers than by fathers. (LLL)

This paper explores levels of perceived parental influence on mathematics learning among over 700 students in China and Australia. Students in China had stronger perceived parental influences than students in Australia, and while students in China, Chinese speaking students in Australia, and other language speaking students in Australia…

This report examines associations between three dimensions of family religious involvement (number of days per week the family does something religious, parental worship service attendance, and parental prayer) and the quality of family relationships for early adolescents. Out of the 27 family relationship variables examined, all significantly…

Analyzed parataxic distortion (low self esteem and attribution of low self-acceptance to the average person), by looking for key qualities of parenting associated with this type of distorted perception. (DP)

Measures for self-esteem and parental esteem for 159 high school students were investigated to assess relationships to age and three cultural classifications: advantaged whites, disadvantaged whites, and disadvantaged blacks. (Author)

A total of 24 middle-class mothers and their two-and-a-half-year old children were observed on two occasions. Mothers were found to employ two types of control techniques: immediate contingent response to the child's undesired behavior and intentional direction of the child's attention without prior elicitation by the child. (Author/RH)

Examines four models of explanation for truancy and suggests that the three that rely upon individual or social pathologies are too simplistic. States that a new approach to truancy that gives attention to the schools' contribution and that recognizes the opinions of parents and truants is required. (NRJ)

The article discusses several criticisms of the use of drugs in the treatment of hyperactivity, and suggests some nondrug procedures for parents and teachers to use in the home and classroom to minimize and control a child's hyperactive behavior. (DLS)

Urges parents to share their own past school experiences with their children. (Author/LD)

Analysis of data from the National Education Longitudinal Study 1988 (11,273 parents/students) did not support the assumption that parental involvement in career development is higher in families with fewer children, nor did socioeconomic status have practical significance. Female teens reported higher parental involvement than did males. (SK)