Pregnant women (n=227) interviewed before and six and 12 months after childbirth reported declines in job satisfaction following birth. The following factors positively or negatively affected satisfaction: length of leave, ability to work at home, 30 to 35-hour work week, evening/rotating shifts, supervisor support, and child-care environment. (SK)

The effects of four different components (parental aspirations for children's education, parent/child communication about school, home structure, and parental participation) in school-related activities were assessed. Results suggest that educational aspiration of parents have a powerful influence on 8th-grade student's achievement. Parent…

Reviews literature on benefits of family involvement and barriers to its implementation. The literature supports a family-involvement model stressing six types of involvement (parenting, communication, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and community collaboration) developed by Johns Hopkins University's National Network of…

Discusses results of a school-community survey administered to parents and teachers in nine K-5 buildings in two Pennsylvania districts. Surveys were correlated with student-performance indicators and with the school's poverty index and average daily attendance. Results indicate that school and home practices important to academic learning vary…

Explored gender and relationship differences in caregiving--for a spouse, parent, parent-in-law, other relative, or friend--among a sample of employed caregivers (N=2,174). Results revealed no gender differences in the provision of 7 of 13 caregiving tasks, but women devoted more time and were more likely to be primary caregivers. (RJM)

Provides a rationale and interdisciplinary framework for integrating work and other dimensions of life by: reviewing relevant changes in society and the career development and counseling profession; describing one holistic career-planning model, Integrative Life Planning; and discussing questions and issues surrounding narrow versus broad…

Argues that womanist theology (which employs a socioreligious hermeneutic that examines and critiques racism, oppression, and classism) and the texts it gathers can serve as efficacious course content for other-literate students. Notes that womanist theology offers students a scholarly discipline that expresses inter- and intracultural rhetorical…

The perceptions of 522 employees regarding the family-supportive nature of their organization was related to number of benefits offered, benefit usage, supervisor support. These perceptions influenced job commitment, job satisfaction, and work-family conflict. Global perception of the work environment had more influence on attitudes and…

Outlines the process of intervention on the student substance user enrolled in public school. Proposes that, with careful planning, intervention for the student substance user is a firm, expeditious, and appropriate response to chemical dependency. Steps are outlined to help family and friends offer assistance to the chemically dependent students.…

Extends the concept of role incompatibility to examine potential incompatibilities between breastfeeding and maternal employment. Hypothesizes women may face both structural and attitudinal conflicts between these behaviors. Found significantly more women employed part-time are likely to breastfeed and for longer durations than women employed…

Examines how the city of Phoenix's school-based collaborative model to link students and families to services provides an effective way to deliver services. The partnership assists the schools in addressing multiple barriers that prevent children from achieving, while at the same time offers the setting in which to provide child-centered services…

Discusses the essence of child education in Poland, focusing on preschool education. The concept of the playgroup is examined as a place concerned with providing students with knowledge. An alternative is suggested which which takes into account the child's feelings and relationship with the family and close environment. (JPB)

Narratives of six women in counselor training courses identified their learning strategies and management of the personal/professional divide. Professionalism was about self-acceptance as well as qualifications and practice. As they struggled to integrate learning and family, others seemed to view their lifelong learning as a diversion rather than…

For 66 young adult couples, marriage plans were positively related to knowledge and certainty about multiple role planning. Men with more nontraditional career partners had more commitment to and involvement in multiple role planning. Women with marriage plans and nontraditional career expectations had substantially higher commitment and…

This article provides an overview of the historical development of career counseling in the Philippines from an economic-political perspective. It also raises current challenges and concerns, highlighting the need for a career counseling model that would address, among other things, Filipinos' valued characteristics of close family ties and desire…