Discusses creative and practical ways for promoting literacy at home with teenagers, including reading aloud, family reading, family writing, and school-home cooperation. (SR)

Investigates what young children see their parents read and write. Finds that both parents of Headstart children and parents of private school preschoolers reported reading and writing a wide variety of materials, although the types of literacy activities were different. (SR)

Parents responding to a survey on children's self-esteem viewed the environment as the most important factor in personality development, realized the significant role parents have in the development of children's self-esteem, and felt that separation or divorce negatively affects children's self-esteem. Only 29 percent of respondents thought camp…

In this interview, concern is expressed regarding the low number of students being served in gifted programs. Giftedness is defined in terms of above average ability, creativity, and task commitment. The parents' role in stimulating their children's creativity and intelligence is discussed, as are ability grouping versus tracking, and curriculum…

Summarizes five documents and four articles in the ERIC database that examine parents' involvement in their children's education. Topics include strategies for better parenting, school readiness, increasing parent involvement, and parent education programs. (MDM)

Examines mothers' discourse in joint picture book reading in terms of the level of abstract thought it requires the child to make and compares this with language used in an interactive, product-oriented task, modelling a clown using play-doh. (39 references) (GLR)

Presents techniques for teachers, parents, schools, and communities to promote young children's social development. Cites research findings supporting these techniques, which focus on interpersonal interactions of caregivers with individual children or small groups of children. (HTH)

Evaluates whether family formation has interfered with women's secondary school attainment in the United States during the midtwentieth century. Suggests that women who formed a family while still enrolled in high school had elevated risk of leaving without a diploma. Odds did not vary by cohort nor race at the individual level. (CRR)

This study of 23 2-parent families with a preschooler who had a disability and 24 comparison families found no significant differences between the 2 groups of fathers on measures of paternal involvement, marital stress, and functioning styles within the family. No significant differences were found in paternal involvement as a function of the…

Recorded three- and four-year-olds' questions, their parents' answers, and information that was discussed during a conversation. The number of questions which the children asked predicted the degree to which they remembered the answers to their questions. (Author/BB)

A total of 44 mothers of 4 year olds were interviewed about their social networks and observed in a play session with their children. Mothers who were more satisfied with their networks, and mothers with larger or less cohesive networks, demonstrated optimal maternal behavior more often than did other mothers. (BC)

Suggestions are offered for parenting a gifted child. Suggestions focus on how to deal with certain characteristics of gifted children, such as a high energy level, super sensitivity, tendency to challenge family traditions and rules, and unwillingness to accept parental authority. (JDD)

The mother of an extremely gifted boy relates her emotional response upon learning of his giftedness, especially her excitement at his potential and her fear that his uniqueness harbors hidden pitfalls. (JDD)

Stresses the importance of music and other arts in the core curriculum of public schools, noting necessary features of school music programs. Examines many of the reasons why music and arts are being pushed toward the periphery of public education and discusses what parents can do to reverse the direction. (SM)

Cameras and photography offer children a tool for investigating interesting scenes in their environments, turning them into active observers of life. The article recommends types of cameras, describes how to get children started, and presents a variety of activities to help children get the most out of a camera. (SM)