Presents a framework which expands on earlier definitions of family life education and specifies major concepts for comprehensive life-span family life education programs. Provides valuable resource for family life practitioners, training of family life educators, and for the development and testing of theory in the field. (Author/NB)

The self-care (or latchkey) arrangement has emerged in the 1980s as a topic of interest to parents, practitioners, and policy makers. Reviews major policy issues and questions about self-care. The following topics are covered: the meaning of self-care, consequences of self-care for children's development, policy implications, and resources for…

Examines religion's place in the social sciences, reciprocal influences of family and religion, cohesion/polarization in American Catholic families, religion in Middletown, USA, gender and religion in Canadian and American students, domestic/religious individualism and suicide, and the New Christian Right's view of the family. (BH)

Analyzed how dimensions of the family work day are related to the domestic lives of dual-earner couples. Results indicated neither the combined number of hours a couple works nor the amount of time one or both spouses is working is related to the quality of family life, although wives' attitudes and behaviors were more affected. (Author/BL)

Summarizes a conference which addressed the needs of children of interracial families. Reports that the lack of support, materials, and information for interracial families was a major concern. Recommends that interracial children be allowed to choose the racial identity they find most comfortable, and presents suggestions for starting a support…

Instructional materials for use in elementary and secondary legal education courses are described. Included are materials on the rights of teenagers, tips on legal research, videotaped mock trials, and handbooks on new areas such as law about sports and the family. (RM)

The possible effects of mothers' beliefs about sex-typed behavior on children were investigated. The results suggest that mothers' sex-typed beliefs particularly affect daughters. Low sex-typed mothers may socialize their daughters to be more active, to play more, and to be more responsive and comfort-seeking. (KH)

Reports findings of a 1982 survey of 8,000 young adolescents and 10,000 of their parents, focusing on families involved in a Protestant congregation or Catholic parish and their values, concerns, mass media exposure, faith and church, conflicts and communication, sexuality, chemical use, interest in programs, and crises. (DMM)

Examines a 1982 National Catholic Educators Association study of the beliefs, attitudes, and values of fifth- to eighth-grade Catholic school youth and their parents. Reviews findings related to school and work, religious faith and church, moral issues and behavior, and family structures and dynamics. (DMM)

Family relationships can be strengthened through recreation and leisure activities. Articles dealing with leisure research, values, computers, recreation in rural areas, and youth sports are offered for those interested in facilitating the development of strong families. (DF)

Examines the reciprocal relation of community organization and family patterns by participant observation techniques in two isolated fishing communities, similar in ecology and cultural background. Even though work organization in both is small scale, substantial differences in patterns of family life are found. (JAC)

Used family life cycle as the basis for assessing public reaction to alternative energy-conservation measures in a sample of 367 adults. Results showed most respondents preferred some sort of energy conservation policy. Young marrieds were most concerned with conservation; middle-aged adults were least willing to adopt energy conservation…

Presented is a selection from the last chapter of the Project on Social History (POSH) dealing with the changing family. Students are asked to speculate about the direction in which families appear to be moving and to discuss what they would like the families they form to be like. (RM)

There is little information available on the roles played by grandparents in the lives of their grandchildren following the divorce or separation of the grandchildren's parents. This study compared the specific activities shared by grandparents and grandchildren in single-mother and single-father families of children in grades 1 through 4. Data on…

Many recent studies, both popular and academic, have focused attention on the life chances of children. There is particular concern about the lingering effects of disadvantages experienced during childhood, such as family instability, neighborhood instability, and the inadequacy of local institutions. These factors are thought to work together to…