Describes a study of the effect of several home environmental factors on parent/child relationships. Environmental influences (defined as neighborhood support, home support, income, and the educational level of family members) were studied to determine their individual and collective impact on the achievement of children entering first grade. (RH)

Focusing on the expectations of schools, teachers, parents, peers, and society for the gifted and talented, the author proposes curriculum design, gives guidelines for parent-teacher conferences, outlines the benefits of peer instruction, and suggests ways that parents and society can identify talented students and enrich their education. (SK)

The importance of parental influence on the development of adolescents' attitudes and knowledge about sex and their sexual behavior is reviewed along with information about peer group influence. Ways in which families can play a positive role in their children's sex education are discussed. Open communication is stressed. (PP)

Describes a program to involve parents productively in their children's reading instruction. (JL)

Uses data from surveys conducted in 1964 in the United States and 1978 in Poland to compare the association between occupational self-direction, social status, parental values, and self-concept under two different political systems. (GC)

Investigated through direct observation in the home whether mothers socialize differently boys and girls growing up as opposite-sexed twins, triplets, and quadruplets as a function of their different genders. Children and mothers were rated on behaviors about which contradictory evidence had been reported in the literature. (Author/DB)

Reports a comparison of depressed and nondepressed subjects undertaken to identify aspects of the early parent child relationship that may be associated with depressive illness in adult life. Results show maternal rejection was found more closely associated with depression in female children; the effect was essentially the same among Black and…

Overweight preadolescents and parents from (N=76) families were assigned to behavioral treatment groups: parent-child target, child target, or nonspecific target. Percent overweight changes at the end of eight-month treatment and follow-up were equivalent for children in all groups, but parents in the parent-child group lost more weight during…

Results revealed that specific factors of home environment were significantly related to the Ss' adjustment in school, including harmony and quality of parenting, educational and cognitive stimulation available at home, emotional support for learning, and cohesiveness of family members. (Author)

Investigated the interrelationships among young adults' levels of moral reasoning, their preferred discipline style, and the way they say they would reason with children on moral issues. (Author/DB)

Girls taking A-level mathematics were compared with girls taking A-level French on masculinity/femininity, parental identification, and attitudes toward their school subjects. Subject choice was related to both parents' attitudes, but subject attitudes related only to the mothers' attitudes. (Editor/SJL)

When parents were sent television viewing guides listing (1) programs containing violent or otherwise antisocial behaviors, or (2) programs containing positive, prosocial behaviors, both groups of parents discouraged their children from watching some of the antisocial programs. Viewing guides sent to a third group, listing both antisocial and…

The influence of the oral input of five deaf mothers on the language development of their two-year-old children was investigated. The results indicated that children, when cognitively ready, need little exposure to the normal model language to learn to speak during the early stages of development. (Author/DLS)

Analysis of correlations in role relationships involving parent occupation and child's career choice and occupational aspiration were made to determine which characteristics of occupations play a part in intergenerational role transmission. Requirements and rewards were found to be the salient features. (Author/SK)