Teachers who have been recognized as outstanding share advice on how parents can work with teachers, encourage responsibility, reinforce learning, assist in adjustment to junior high school, and generally stay alert to a child's needs. (MT)

Teenagers discuss their sexual uncertainties and roles parents and television could play in enlightening them on sexuality. From parents, they would like honesty and support, and, from television, portrayals of strong women, emotional attachment, sexual attraction without glamor, connection between sex and pregnancy, and information on…

Computers should not and cannot carry the major burden of sex education. Changes needed in future sex education programs are discussed. A process-oriented approach is proposed. (RM)

Reports two studies, one focusing on maternal childrearing attitudes and practices and the other on paternal roles and attitudes in Hong Kong. Informants were 17 pairs of grandmothers and mothers and 20 pairs of grandfathers and fathers from the same families. Despite important changes in paternal roles, continuity with the past was found to…

Research results showed that the effect of self-esteem on subsequent delinquent activity is negligible. These findings were robust across various subgroups of age, gender, family type, race, and mother's education. Researchers should look elsewhere than self-esteem for a fuller understanding of delinquency. (Author/RM)

When explaining sexual assault to children, parents need to give enough specific information for the child to recognize behavior that may lead to an assault or may be an assault. Advice for parents on discussing sexual assault is offered. (DF)

Surveyed 94 couples to determine effects on child care experience associated with gender, parity, and various other demographic variables. As expected, women had higher scores than men. Experience was a linear function of parity for men, but not for women, and was unrelated to attitudes toward women. Implications for child care responsibility are…

A parent involvement model is described for organizing parent participation in preschool programs for the handicapped and identifying parent and professional training goals. The model supports planning based on specified parental needs, parent roles and activities, and professional support. (CL)

Attempts to define the concept of children's special needs and to appraise these within educational contexts. Identified areas of need and concern are linked with the scope and boundaries of parental involvement in assessment, intervention, and educational programing. (RH)

Indicates that through joint efforts by parents, educators, and the community, career education strategies can provide part of the solution to many of today's problems, such as the high rate of high school dropouts and the lack of interested learners. (JOW)

An historical perspective of social sources that undermine general parental abilities to manage their autistic child is presented and some possible solutions to general management obstacles are suggested. (Author/SB)

This check list contains tips for parents to help students reinforce and build upon what children learn at school: (1) Set a consistent time each day for doing homework; (2) Encourage children to make a homework checklist; (3) Provide assistance to help get started on a task; (4) Help children make a list of all needed materials before starting…

The word "bullying" often conjures up an image of a schoolyard scene, with a big, intimidating student towering over a small, cowering child. That is just one face of bullying--and of children who bully. They are significantly more likely than others to lead lives marked by school failure, depression, violence, crime, and other problems, according…

The message of this series of books, "Parents and Children Together," is that parents should get together with their children, talk about stories, and learn together. This book contains several stories that parents and children can read together and talk about in a relaxed way. The book has a companion audiotape. Advice is given in the…