Reviews existing studies on motherless families in four English-speaking industralized countries: Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States. (BR)

Male and female black undergraduates responded to five stories about married black physicians. Results are compared with a study of predominantly white students. Black females favored maternal child care even when this reduced the family income. Results are discussed relevant to collaborating career patterns among middle-class black families.…

Twenty 18-month-olds were observed with their mothers and 20 with their fathers in laboratory free-play, departure, and separation situations. Findings were analyzed in terms of the differential roles of mothers and fathers, the development of sex differences, and determinants of separation distress. (JMB)

The concept of the least restrictive environment for hearing impaired children is viewed in terms of legal implementation, organizational viewpoints, and procedures for determining the least restrictive environment. (CL)

Following a short review of research on male roles in home making, the authors report a study and a follow-up conducted to examine and describe the husband's parental and household responsibilities in three occupational levels and three geographic regions. (JT)

The nurse is the chief epidemiologist in each school; it is her responsibility to search for any possible source of infestation of lice in the school setting. (JD)

Interviewed fathers (N=24) to explore their level of child care involvement at home and with family day care (FDC), comparing it with that of mothers involvement. Found fathers more involved in work than mothers but participating in a variety of home and FDC child care activities. (Author/ABB)

Parents of children with disabilities must maintain a fine balance between protecting their child from thoughtless cruelty and discrimination and teaching their child to deal with such actions. Parents should quickly end any cruel actions toward the child, be open about the disability's nature, and talk to parents of the child's peers. (CB)

Follow-up on 14 originally mute, low-functioning autistic children one to four years after intensive simultaneous communication training indicated that half of the children who had become verbal by program termination remained verbal at follow-up. Maintenance at follow-up was related to such factors as length of program participation, quality of…

The article presents a rationale and methodology for the use of augmentative communication systems with nonspeaking children under the age of 3 years. Covered are assessment of need, the assessment process, and treatment. The role of parents as the primary facilitators who may need structured training is stressed. (DB)

The parent of a young child who required major open heart surgery shares his suggestions for coping with a young child's hospitalization including parent visitation, relating to the hospital staff, getting answers to questions, and utilizing available services. (DB)

Examined married dual-earner parents of children under five years old who participated in 1984 wave of National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience, Youth Cohort. Found that reliance on spouses for child care when dual-earner couples were employed was much higher when respondents worked non-days rather than days. Found high rate of…

Parents of 536 children (ages 3-71 months) were shown to be remarkably good detectors of strabismus. Ninety-three percent of the parental identifications of strabismus were accurate while 99 percent of the nonstrabismic judgments were accurate. Older children (above age 2) were identified more accurately than those under 1 year. (Author/VW)

Eight ways parents may help develop and sharpen their children's reading skills, especially those that are critical, are described. (JL)

Findings indicated that (1) when siblings were 24-months-old, their social-emotional behavior displayed some concordance, and maternal behavior was stable with all siblings; (2) significant concordance in siblings' social-emotional behavior was conditioned by stability of maternal behavior; and (3) quality of infant-mother attachment at 12 months…