To test hypotheses concerning interactional histories associated with variation in quality of infant-mother attachment, data were gathered during naturalistic home observations of 60 infants 1, 3, and 9 months of age. Responses were elicited on the Ainsworth and Wittig strange situations. Results concerned mothers' relatively greater influence in…

Investigated how 97 women in dual-career families with preschool children manage typical conflicts between their professional and parental roles. Increased role behavior and cognitive restructuring were the most highly endorsed coping strategies. Personal and situational resources were associated with lower role conflict and greater coping…

The Parents as First Teachers project successfully teaches Missouri parents to enhance their children's cognitive development. The project recruited 300 first-time parents in its first year, then provided them with educational support and guidance during their children's first three years, while monitoring the children's progress. (PGD)

Reports the results of a survey of primary school head teachers in England carried out in order to take a broad "sounding" of mainstream practice with respect to volunteer help with reading within schools. (DF)

An Illinois school district describes seven ways it has successfully encouraged parent participation at school events. (MD)

Describes a system of action counseling for adolescents in crisis, focusing on counselor, peer, parent, and teacher roles. (BL)

Many parents show a desire to be involved in all areas of their child's education but actual participation is low. Suggestions for increasing parent involvement are offered. (DF)

A social support model for predicting the ease of transition into the motherhood role is presented. Four kinds of social network supports (relational, ideological, physical, and informational) and six social network agents (husband, friends, relatives, work associates, neighbors, and institutions) are considered. Policy and research implications…

Presents an overview of the intervention program and the results of the research project evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Parent participants in the course when compared with delayed treatment control group parents, showed an increased ability to use decision making facilitation skills in responding to typical child statements.…

The role of the teacher is critical in achieving educational excellence. Teacher salaries must be raised. If educational problems are to be resolved, parents must become partners in the educational process. Students must be willing to work harder, teachers must change attitudes, and administrators and teachers must work together. (RM)

The quality of parenting affects how children will behave as adults. This article discusses the different ways mothers and fathers respond to their children and how their behaviors develop the child's personality. (DF)

Discusses the questions of who should make the decisions as to whether children born with severe disabilities should live or die and what criteria should be used to make such decisions. Describes the ethical positions of various medical and advocate groups in the U.S. and Great Britain and the factors to be considered in making these decisions.…

Describes a seminar for high school students and their parents to increase awareness of financial aid sources and make families active participants in securing an aid package. Speakers from a major university and a local banking institution provided information and answered questions. (JAC)

Examined factors associated with marital interaction, particularly women's employment and marital happiness, in a nationwide sample of 2,034 men and women. Results suggested interaction is reduced by both men's and women's job involvement, children, and a traditional division of household labor. Marital quality was the most important predictor.…

Presents a middle-range theory that describes the potential impact of divorce on children, based on concepts from family stress theory. The proposed theoretical model is concerned especially with variations in the definition of the situation assigned to the crisis of divorce by children and custodial parents. (JAC)