Suggestions are offered to parents of hearing-impaired children of ways to develop literacy skills. Recommendations include reading to the child, helping the child begin to interpret print, encouraging functional literacy, and helping the child develop strategies for understanding textbooks. (DB)

Data from 226 adoptive and 224 nonadoptive families was used to explore the etiology of individual differences in communication development. Children's scores from the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD) were compared with verbal and cognitive ability measures of their parents. Sibling correlations were also examined. (SKC)

Reports results from a survey of Chief Education Officers and from school visits designed to record ways that schools encourage parents to be involved in their children's education. Specific examples are given of cooperation in several areas, including reading, transition to a new school, and school and classroom activities. (CH)

Presents the perspective of a parent who is also an early childhood professional on parent education. (Author/BB)

Investigated the relationship between parents' efforts to initiate and monitor children's peer contacts and the qualities of children's peer relations in nonschool and school settings. (PCB)

Based on a cross-cultural sample of 90 nonindustrial societies, this research tests the hypothesis that male participation in child rearing enhances the public status of women. Concludes that father-child relationships have a significant effect on female status not accounted for by other variables. (Author/GEA)

Compares differences in parental role perceptions of white middle class four year olds cared for in day care centers and at home. Results revealed significant differences in the peceptions of both mothers and fathers of day care and home care children as well as sex differences among the children. (DST)

Compared parents with retarded children with parents with intellectually average children on marital and family strengths and parental personality characteristics. Parents with retarded children were less critical of family members and had fewer family problems. Spousal support participation in a parents' group and religious beliefs were important…

Traces the history of the term in loco parentis, its decreased utility in the 1960s, and its recent evolution in different and more subtle ways. Supports the view that colleges are still very involved in acting as surrogate parents for their students. (Author/ABB)

Reviews findings of research which showed that, contrary to the prevailing sociological wisdom, Black men in intact lower class families function as providers, strong fathers and husbands, and joint decision makers with their wives. (GC)

Describes the characteristics, epidemiology, treatment, and implications of school phobia. Treatment methods focus on psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioral approaches. (BL)

Questions whether parents are allowing economic demands to dictate the development of children by demanding a level of maturity from them that they are physically, emotionally, and intellectually incapable of delivering. The changing economic and cultural context of families suggests a shift from child-oriented toward adult-oriented lifestyles for…

Discusses the potential role of temperament dimensions for the development of mother-infant attachment relations as measured by the Strange Situation Assessment. (HOD)

Notes the rising number of latchkey children and describes several after-school programs designed to meet their special needs. (FL)

Parents of handicapped children have special needs that can be addressed by the local parent-teacher association. Findings are offered from a study in Dallas which focused on how families cope with disabled children. (DF)