This monograph suggests various counseling techniques for enhancing the self-esteem of minorities. A frame of reference is presented for considering minority group self-esteem. Themes related to minority group perspectives and their existence in the writings of psychotherapists are reviewed. A section on cultural diversity discusses the family,…

Similarities between parents and children have been of interest throughout history, but little work has been done in the area of communication similarities. To study the intergenerational continuity of communication style, the first of two studies examined the correlations between certain readily-identifiable aspects of parental communication…

A study was carried on for 2 years in a predominantly Italian-American suburb near Boston. During the period of data-collection, the researchers observed both classroom interaction in a kindergarten/first grade and the interactions of two members of that class at home with their families. The analysis is an attempt to discover what factors in…

This study investigated quantitative differences in commitment between three age groups of children toward eight societal components: self, home, neighborhood, school, religion, voluntary membership organization, state, and country. Participating in the study were 469 school-age students in 18 randomly selected classrooms in six randomly selected…

Today, among adolescents, childbearing may precede rather than follow marriage. Evidence suggests that adolescent childbearers now rely heavily on their families to provide needed support. Among a sample of 320 adolescent, mostly black mothers from low-income families, most spent a majority of their early years of parenthood in an extended family…

This student guide for a program concerned with why children put so much energy into play, what play means to them, and what they learn from it, provides suggestions for what parents can do to encourage and support this important aspect of their children's growth. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups…

This student guide for a program concerned with how young children acquire social skills defines social skills and describes some ways that parents can build upon their child's desire to get along with people and learn these skills. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials, the guide is…

This student guide for a program focusing on things parents need in order to do a good job raising their children and some resources that are available to meet these needs, as well as things that society still needs to do to meet its responsibility to children and parents, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to…

This guide is designed for use by the home viewer of the television series, Footsteps, which focuses on some of the problems and concerns that all parents of young children face. Each of the 20 sections includes a general discussion of the theme of a television program, as well as some guidelines for coping with the problems discussed, suggested…

The focus of this seminar was on the family life education needs of young people, particularly young women, in the countries represented at the meeting, and what teachers, particularly women teachers, can do to help meet those needs. Seminar conclusions stress that a systematic attempt be made to promote a better quality of life through…

Examined was the transition made by parents to the "empty nest" phase of family development. Two basic hypotheses were tested: children's growing independence and departure from the home does not represent loss for most parents, but rather is experienced as a gain; and men and women appear to experience the transition differently and…

This book provides a guide for teaching and learning about the experiences of Black females in America, and particularly about psychosocial issues in Black female development. The guide is divided into topic units. "Black Women in History" contains lessons of Black women in slavery, in the twentieth century, and historical and contemporary role…

Patterns of successful and unsuccessful resolution of grief over death of a child were studied in 25 families who had lost children across an 11-year-span. The families varied considerably in age, income, education, and parental occupation. Data were gathered by means of an intensive, open-ended interview schedule. The research focused on two…

This teacher's guide, part of the Family and Community Health Through Caregiving program, is designed to be used with the student manuals "Starting A Healthy Family: Choosing Parenthood,""Families With Special-Needs Children," and "Families and Futures: Helping Self and Others." This manual, designed for teaching family life education to high…

Subjective and objective covariates of family life satisfaction among husbands and wives were examined. Interviews were conducted in the Spring of 1976 with 974 married adults selected by means of both probability and modified probability sampling designs. Independent indicators were categorized into three general groups: familial characteristics,…