Discusses initiatives to educate societies about the benefits of breastfeeding infants and to create supports to foster breastfeeding in the United States and the world. Considers precedents for advocacy set by La Leche League, the Innocenti Declaration, and the "10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding." Notes obstacles to efforts to…

Examines patterns of change in family and friend network with parenthood in 137 couples surveyed before the birth of their first child. Husbands and wives who reported larger network sizes and support prior to their first child's birth were more likely to report larger networks after birth. Changes in parents' social systems were related to…

Interviews professionals working with delinquent youth in a rural area in an attempt to better understand their opinions of youth behavior. Comparisons are made between professionals' observations and existing research findings regarding Disruptive Behavior Disorders, such as Attention Deficit Disorders and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Strong…

Recognizes the essential role parents play in teaching and learning, the importance of developing both compassion and intelligence, and a shared responsibility for creating a more equitable world. Focuses on two sets of written conversations that parents and children created after reading texts about civil rights and human rights. (SG)

Studied how the activities and social development of 9- and 10-year-olds in a variety of southern California neighborhoods are supported or constrained by neighborhood resources and problems. Findings show links between parent perceptions of the neighborhood, rules they impose on their children, and the children's experiences and social skills.…

Looks at parents as primary educators who teach a living faith to their children. Explores four corollaries for Catholic catechetical leaders and parents: the three-fold role of parents as catechists, balancing catechetical roles and responsibilities in the church, scope of family catechesis, and the need for adult maturity and faith formation.…

This article presents a developmentally supported implementation of Internal Family Systems Therapy for school-age children and their families. Relevant developmental characteristics of children are described. Suggestions for working with parents, child-oriented interventions, and a case example are presented. (BF)

Explores early nineteenth-century themes and representations of women's educational activity and its relation to national identity as seen in the writings of Elizabeth Hamilton, a Scottish educationist. Explores the influences of national identity on Hamilton's writing. Focuses on three of Hamilton's educational texts. (CMK)

Growing up in single parent, step parent, cohabiting, or lesbian families has been suggested to have negative effects on adolescent sexual behavior. However, analysis reveals that family structure does not significantly influence adolescents' sexual initiation. Rather, family context-more specifically the mother-child relationship-is associated…

This paper looks at the Chinese heritage language schools in metropolitan Phoenix area and examines what role parents of the students play in the schools. Based on semi-structured interviews, class observations and publication from the local Chinese schools, this study shows that although Chinese schools have benefited from the support of parents…

This case study details the history and K-5 school experience of a boy with dyslexia and spatial-temporal gifts. It describes assessment, evaluation, and identification procedures; the learning specialist's interventions and program; the critical role of the parent; and the services provided by the gifted program. Specific interventions are…

This article examines how Belgian "concentration" schools, schools with heavy concentrations of non-European Union, typically Muslim, immigrants, challenge educators and policy makers. To situate this challenge properly, the article considers the broader Belgian social and political context, including regional governmental responses to…

This paper presents a model of educational production that tries to make sense of recent evidence on effects of institutional arrangements on student performance. In a simple principal-agent framework, students choose their learning effort to maximize their net benefits, while the government chooses educational spending to maximize its net…

The present study examined spontaneous symbolic play, declarative joint attention, social referencing and imitation of symbolic play in 3- to 6-year-old children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n= 20) during interaction with their mothers. Compared to a control group (n= 20) matched on age and IQ, the children with ASD initiated less joint…

In this article, the author responds to a teacher's request for advice on how to handle one 5-year-old child in her class who has a habit of aggressively taking other children's things without asking. The author provides some suggestions on how to work with a child who does not respect other children's space and belongings. She emphasizes posing…