This paper describes an assignment originally designed for a course in family communication now being taught at the upper undergraduate level at a state university in the southwestern United States. The shrine, the project/assignment described in the paper, combines locally relevant cultural traditions which are broadly applicable with course…

Previous research (Dixson, 1995; Fisher & Dixson, 2001) has looked at the connection between the match between children's expectations about the parent-child relationship and their experience of that relationship and how meeting those expectations relates to family satisfaction and conversationally oriented communication patterns. This research…

For most adolescents, one of the joys of the teenage years is the feeling of being connected to others, not just parents. A death in the family can change that. Tragedy in the family often leaves teenagers to deal with their grief alone, as adults and younger children are given most of the attention. This book is written for teenagers and…

The unique advantages of a promising mode for educating and strengthening families in groups are introduced. Drawing from a variety of innovative programs, guidelines for developing family growth groups are formulated. Proposed guidelines are summarized under four categories: goals, means of program implementation, evaluation procedures, and…

This article summarizes a 1973 investigation of family life education in the high schools of Kentucky. The data underscore the need to help high school personnel deal with their common problems in teaching in the area of family life. (Author)

This paper presents a paradigm for research in the area of evolutionary sexual behavior in marriage. (Author)

A study of student attitudes toward family size, use of contraceptives, authoritarian, permissive approaches to childrearing, parental responsibilities of the husband and wife and divorce. Hypotheses concerning determinants of these attitudes are also tested. (JC)

Young Mothers Council is an action program of the National American Mothers Committee, Inc. designed to aid pre-school children and the young family. (DS)

Describes a program that involves sixth graders in child care skills and a knowledge of child development. (GB)

Article describes an adult education training program in two urban regions of Iran. (MM)

Article comments on problems of other countries in developing their level of adult literacy. (MM)

This paper deals with the change within women's lives as they perceive a diminution of the motherhood role in the "empty nest" stage of the family life cycle. It identifies certain aspects which portend for an easy or uneasy transition into another life style beyond the immediacy of motherhood. (Author)

Data from recent study of dual profession couples on the woman's desire for an egalitarian family, her career orientation, and her perception of discrimination are used to support the "tolerance of domestication" thesis. (Author)

This paper presents a comprehensive theory of the development of morality in childhood. It is intended to serve as a basis for understanding the dynamics of value acquisition and preparing suitable educational strategies. (Author)