This book chronicles the author's experiences managing his son's wildly unpredictable Little League baseball team, exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of adult involvement in Little League, a game played by, and meant for, children. The book examines timely issues surrounding youth baseball today. Through interviews with parents, opposing…

Although services for the mentally retarded have grown tremendously in the past decade, many practical problems remain. These problems, which confront either the client and his family or the professional, must be examined carefully if both groups are to work together to provide needed services for the retarded. (Author)

A U.S. Congressman discusses inequities for the handicapped in the proposed national health insurance bills, and suggests how parents can be most influential in affecting legislation. (KW)

A review of some of the basic research on how children use television and on how children are influenced by parents' attitudes towards the role of television. (AA)

Suggested are ways that parents can make their visits to their institutionalized handicapped children more pleasant and even educational. (KW)

Condensed from "CBE Bulletin , XII(June 1969), 1-6, published by the Council for Basic Education, Washington, D.C.

A total of 24 middle-class mothers and their two-and-a-half-year old children were observed on two occasions. Mothers were found to employ two types of control techniques: immediate contingent response to the child's undesired behavior and intentional direction of the child's attention without prior elicitation by the child. (Author/RH)

Identifies three styles of sibling rivalry and three parent leadership styles, discussing parental mediation of sibling disputes through contracting and providing examples of group discipline techniques that facilitate development of less negative forms of rivalry and that support positive sibling bonding. (RH)

A parent and teacher of gifted children describes how parents can manipulate materials, model behavior (especially reading and inquiry), and teach principles of time management and flexibility. (CL)

Parents of adolescents are urged to listen with attentiveness, reflect and restate their child's feelings, set appropriate limits for their children and themselves, and set aside time for family fun and communication. (CL)

The authors examine barriers to disseminating research knowledge to parents of handicapped children, stress the importance of researchers communicating to parents, and suggest ways to improve dissemination efforts.

Argues that although Radin and Sagi (1982) and Russell (1982) have generated interesting hypotheses about the origins and effects of increased parental involvement in childrearing, some issues must still be considered if these hypotheses are to be appropriately tested. (Author/MP)

Argues that increasing parent involvement in the secondary schools can create goodwill in the community and enlarge the scope of services to students. (FL)

Discusses theories on the acquisition of early learning. The author suggests that an infant's innate physiological reflexes cause him or her to respond to adults in a way that stimulates the adults to model and reinforce socially acceptable behavior and communication patterns. (AM)

Two educators answer questions from readers about school policy on gifted education, parents' concerns about their underachieving child, and a teacher's need for further education. (CL)