Industrial robots are now used only on a limited basis, but by the 1990s, they will be sophisticated enough to play a significant role in mechanical assembly processes and construction projects. Increased industrial robotization will affect employment, national productivity, and lifestyles. (AM)

The family lifeline technique can assist in career and life planning. The method involves charting the lifeline of each family member against a line representing calendar years. Comparison of each member's educational and occupational progression provides valuable planning data. (SK)

An imaginative, humorous alternative to the present state of affairs in secondary education, calling for students and their mothers to exchange their daily drudgery. (JT)

Quiet neighborhoods in small or middle sized communities where the risk of crime was low were conducive to active and satisfying lives for older people. Well-being tended to be higher in segregated buildings even with other factors such as exposure to crime controlled. (Author)

Discusses how the values of the larger society are reflected in life-styles of families and individual decisions. Questions the cause and effect connection of dominant value systems, economy, and policy as being appropriate and relevant to an environmentally healthy symbiosis between man and the ecosystem. (Author)

Reviewed 73 children's storybooks to explore how grandparents were depicted. Found that grandmothers and grandfathers both portrayed stereotypic roles. While the older-age population is a diverse group, this diversity was not reflected in the storybooks reviewed. (Author/NB)

A high school participant in TAMARACK reviews the main themes in "Walden" and compares Thoreau's experiment in living to the TAMARACK experiment in education. TAMARACK, a three-credit course based in "real life," involves camping, environmental science, journalism, and outdoor education. Excerpts from other student journals are…

Argues that career counseling with adults is exploration of personal identity and meaning, both of which are fundamental to individual's survival, well-being, and family lifestyle. Discusses themes that are salient personal matters that may or may not be explicitly articulated by clients in career counseling settings. (Author/NB)

Collected data on smoking attitudes and behaviors via interviews of representative sample of city residents, using four indicators of social class position. Regardless of indicator used, few attitudinal or behavioral differences between social classes were found. Results suggest that multifaceted approach to smoking prevention in Canada has…

An active lifestyle is important in helping overweight people both lose and manage their weight. Exercise has many health benefits beyond weight control. The traditional exercise prescription of regular bouts of continuous vigorous exercise may need modification to increase rates of adoption and compliance, with people needing encouragement to…

Joy is the inspiration for this Young Adult (YA) author who admits that life isn't without its angst, as well. But life, she says, is a fascinating continuum, and living life fully is bound to take us to several points along its path. An excerpt from "Fat Kid Rules the World" pulls us into one such journey.

The author argues that education, as we see it today, is more a part of sustainable development's (SD) problem than a part of its solution because it reinforces the principles and values of an unsustainable lifestyle and economy. He argues for an economy that is not centred on free market and profit, and which circulates wealth with a logic of…

Child- and family-serving programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) design and conduct interventions to improve the health of their clients through better nutrition. But these programs present a significant opportunity to improve physical activity levels in the preschool population as well,…

Background: Although the effects of nutrition on health and school performance are often cited, few research studies have examined the effect of diet quality on the academic performance of children. This study examines the association between overall diet quality and academic performance. Methods: In 2003, 5200 grade 5 students in Nova Scotia,…

Objective: To assess the lifestyle and prevalence of overweight among 16- to 18-year-old adolescents attending 4 different types of secondary education (SE). Design: Cross-sectional school-based survey. Participants: A community sample of 994 adolescents (body mass index [BMI]: 15-43 kg/m[superscript 2]). Variables Measured: Overweight and obesity…