The study concludes that paying parents to come to parent training programs was effective for assuring attendance at meetings. Money seems to be a more potent reinforcer of attendance than small gifts. (Author)

Reports a study which examined how home economics teachers handle controversial issues that pertain to family life education and how well they and their pupils know each other's views on the issues. (Editor)

The data indicate that there is a claer association between many aspects of the interaction in the couple and the wife's satisfaction with her husband's understanding. These aspects are communication, the power structure, the realization of the planning of family life, and agreement in the couple. (Author)

Account of a family-life film-lecture series for poor farm laborers, primarily men. Some of the topics discussed were: priorities in human needs, family communications, sexuality, family planning and masculine and feminine roles. The program improved the men's ability to communicate and made them more receptive to counseling. (Authors/JB)

Books on sex education suitable for children in grades four though six are listed and briefly reviewed. (JN)

Feedback research indicates that students know much more about the professors' views on controversial issues than professors know about students' views, and professors err primarily in the direction of overestimating the conservatism of their female students. (Author)

Factors still impeding work in area of education for marriage are cultural differences, research quality, unfounded assumptions, curriculum development evaluation criteria. (Author/CJ)

Encourages husband and wife soul-searching to recognize importance of wife's continuing education. Discusses effect on marriage if wife does not keep up educationally with spouse. Portion of address by former president National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, at annual convention, Atlanta, 1969. (CJ)

Part of on-going curriculum evaluation program in Enfield, Connecticut. Results of survey indicate strong family support for school program plus request for similar programs geared for parents and community. (CJ)

In an educational program conducted by the Center for Family Studies (Chicago, Illinois), families meet together with a group leader who helps them identify what is important about family life and explore what is special about their own families. Meeting themes and activities are discussed. (PP)

Discusses the history and role of home economics as it relates to the formation of public policy regarding the well-being of families. (JOW)

Discusses the need for more relevant family life education and the sources of information about childbearing. (JOW)

Changes in work and family roles, disparities between employer and family expectations, and lifestyle changes have created new perspectives on relationships between home and work. Family life education can integrate and enhance the interrelatedness of family life with the roles, responsibilities, and stresses of work life. (SK)