Describes a study that questioned adolescents about their parent-adolescent conversations regarding alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. Notes that fewer than half had engaged in such a conversation and that more adolescents preferred talking with their mothers than with other family members. Advocates a clearer definition of the parent-adolescent…

Discusses parents' responsibility to provide their children with a moral compass that comprises respect for others, kindness and caring, honesty and honor, and reverence for life. Recognizes that children experience difficulty in achieving goodness and that good behavior sometimes encounters painful consequences. Suggests that parents model…

This sequential analysis tested the relative extent to which several adult utterance types elicited conversational replies from eight developmentally delayed children (mean age 53 months). Among findings were that child replies of any length were elicited by adult topic continuations more than by any other adult utterance type. (Author/DB)

Summarizes major differences between, and compatibility of, site-based management (SBM) and choice as strategies for restructuring schools. Examines the following areas of comparison: focus; impact timing; nature of impacts; teacher empowerment; empowerment basis; roles assigned parents; professionalization strategy; accountability; change…

Lists 13 whole language projects and possibilities selected from many schools which can be used as a source of ideas to stimulate parents' engagement in whole language activities. Shares the efforts of 1 school, and describes how parents are involved in promoting reading and writing. (MG)

The overwhelming focus of the lives of 43 poor, at-risk Hispanic women was coping with threats to their role as providers for their children. Threats included poverty, potential loss of health, drug addiction, lack of social support, low self-esteem, helplessness, and loss of control. Contains 27 references. (SV)

Outlines elements to be considered when special needs children are integrated into a regular preschool, day care, or elementary program. A research review focuses on attitudes and behaviors of teachers and opinions and concerns of parents. The roles of teacher and parents must be considered if integration is to be successful. (NH)

Describes Holy Angels School in Chicago (Illinois), the largest all-Black preschool through grade 12 Roman Catholic school in the United States. Discusses the roles of administration, parents, faculty, and students in creating the educational environment. (FMW)

Around the world, the singing of lullabies and reciting of nursery rhymes foster children's development and show parents' love for their infants and young children. (BB)

School-based management is being embraced as the new direction of education reform. Specifically, education reform in California exemplifies the new focus on the role of teachers, parents, and principals, as well as board members, in improving neighborhood schools. Included are steps that should be taken by school districts considering…

Many women find it difficult to reconcile the responsibilities of a career and a family. Issues discussed are: sexual discrimination on campus, women faculty members less productive than male colleagues and therefore less qualified for promotion, family responsibilities restricting women's opportunities for advancement, the 1978 Pregnancy…

Discussion of data suggesting that infants whose mothers work full-time are more likely as one-year-olds to avoid their mothers after a brief separation and later to be less compliant with their mothers and more aggressive with peers. Further research is needed. (Author/BJV)

Reviews the literature on the role of family distress in the treatment of children's behavior disorders. Describes a system for integrating marital- and child-focused treatments and makes suggestions for improving the design of studies assessing the impact of contextual factors on parent-child interaction. (FMW)

The relationship between division of child care and marital satisfaction in 48 couples rearing a child either with or at risk for a developmental disability was explored. Greater father participation in child care was related to higher marital satisfaction for both parents. Results are discussed in terms of the adapted ABCX Model of Family…

Obtained urban minority mothers' reports of pattern of support from resident and nonresident fathers, when their infants were one year old. Found that the more support a woman saw herself receiving from her partner, the fewer power-assertive child-rearing attitudes she reported. Most important form of paternal support identified was emotional…