Discusses a study of the relationship between context and a mother's speech to her prelinguistic infant and a second phase which involved 48 mothers and their infants. Results are discussed in relation to a hypothesis that assumes that mothers' speech is determined by particular interactive rules operating in the mother-infant dyad. (Author/SED)

Identified parenting behaviors portrayed in family-oriented, prime-time television programs. Results indicated television fathers were more active as parents than were mothers and both mothers and fathers were portrayed in traditional ways. Television children responded differently to performance of parental roles and to child rearing patterns…

Contains suggestions from two contributors, the first discussing the importance of distinguishing opinion from fact and the second suggesting 12 activities parents can initiate to improve teenagers' reading skills, such as helping them develop resumes or autobiographies and reviewing important business forms together. (DF)

Describes a contest in which students competed for book prizes. (FL)

Teachers' customary sources of social authority--social status, the backing of the law and parents, and the existence of a generalized set of expectations and norms within a school--have all declined. The burden of establishing authority now rests more on the individual teacher, which often leads to burnout. (CMG)

Observers coded the behavior of 40 middle-class, traditional couples and their 5-month-old infants, and parents filled out attitude questionnaires. Fathers' sex-role orientation and both parents' views concerning the role of the father were found to be correlated significantly with observed levels of paternal activity. (Author/CB)

An effective discipline technique that helps children develop a good self-concept is to reinforce positive behavior. Suggestions for structuring an emotionally healthy environment where there is open communication between adult and child are discussed. (DF)

Argues that when a parent or teacher reads the same story to children several times, they begin to attend to different aspects of the story than they did on the first reading. Discusses four changes in children's responses that occur with repeated readings. (FL)

Music education for preschool children holds much growth potential for music educators. Parents should be encouraged to sing lullabies to their babies and to provide a home atmosphere rich with music. Music educators should serve as guides to parents in an effort to influence positively the musical development of children. (RM)

Preschool parent-teacher associations (PTAs) help parents learn more about their young children through interaction with other parents. Current programs and activities of other preschool PTAs and organizational ideas are listed. (DF)

Discusses the necessity of a home-school partnership in improving schools. Sets forth obligations of both schools and parents in such a partnership. (FL)

Discusses the importance of preschool literacy training. (FL)

Research on parents' roles with gifted students is reviewed in terms of family characteristics, parental attitudes and values, family problems with gifted children, achievement and underachievement, identification, enrichment suggestions for parents, and the parent-school relationship. Among findings cited are a lack of experimental research and…

Surveyed 45 dual-career couples to identify conflicts and solutions of professinals pursuing academic careers and bearing family responsibilities. Compared males and females, couples with children and those without, couples under 40 years of age and older couples, and this sample with one from business and industry. (Author/JAC)

Attitudes toward parenting success or failure were tested via a questionnaire administered to 276 undergraduates without parenting experience. Female respondents were especially success-oriented and viewed parenting as requiring deliberation and skill; males were more inclined to put blame for failure on the child. (CJM)