Parents of 7th graders whose moral judgments were humanistic" were found to use discipline techniques that varied according to the occasion, to use induction methods and to focus on issues and possible reparation. The discipline of parents of children whose moral judgments were conventional," frequently involved love withdrawal and emphasized…

The evidence suggests that parents have great influence upon the behavior of their children, particularly their intellectual and academic achievement, and that programs which teach parents skills in educating their children are effective supplements or alternatives for preschool education." (Author)

Transracial adoptions have been encouraged widely as a way to meet the needs of many black children. This practice and the agency philosophy behind it are challenged in the light of today's social realities. (Editor)

The mother of a 7-year-old boy with osteogenesis imperfecta describes arrangements made with an elementary school to place the boy in a regular first grade class. (KW)

Data analysis for the American and Greek cultures indicate following trends: (1) parents of both sexes tend to define roles in terms of instrumental and expressive components, suggesting that Parsonian typology, if valid at all, applies more to lower and working class; (2) no significant social differences exist; and (3) family modernization along…

The authors look at issues involving language and culture which are associated with educational problems and needs of deaf and hearing children (born to deaf parents). (Author)

The authors's concern is the delineation of family developmental processes from the time the children leave home to the time of their parents old age and also the investigation of qualitative aspects of kinship interaction and as different kinds of kinship ties, obligation, value consensus, generational transmission and conflict, and adult…

Criticism of the education section of the City of New York Master Plan. (LR)