Mentally retarded children need sex education, not only about biological factors involved in sexuality, but also in terms of emotional and social development as well. Ways that parents can prepare retarded youngsters to cope with emerging sexuality are discussed. (PP)

This article reports on issues concerning the popularity of video games and the effects the games may have on youngsters. Parents' concerns about lack of supervison at video arcades and school absenteeism are voiced, and communities' efforts to restrict the arcades are related. The position of the national Parent Teacher Association is stated. (PP)

The importance of parental influence on the development of adolescents' attitudes and knowledge about sex and their sexual behavior is reviewed along with information about peer group influence. Ways in which families can play a positive role in their children's sex education are discussed. Open communication is stressed. (PP)

Describes a program to involve parents productively in their children's reading instruction. (JL)

Reports effects of student instruction with the nutrition education curriculum alone (or with concurrent parent education) on nutrition knowledge, food and nutrition attitudes, and reported food consumption of primary school students (N=352). Higher scores of students with parental involvement support importance of parent education component in…

Focuses, in summary fashion, on the history and development of children's play-groups in the Netherlands, as well as their goals and philosophy, classroom structure and format, the role of parents, requirements for teachers and staffing, and methods of financing. (Author/RH)

Presents data supporting the belief that reading stories to children is particularly beneficial and explains that hearing stories read aloud familiarizes children with the language of books and with the characteristic narrative structures they will meet in school. (JL)

Investigated the relative roles of Iranian mothers and fathers in responding to various socialization needs of their offspring. Findings indicated a considerable degree of parental role differentiation, with mothers being dominant in the supportive-emotional areas and fathers taking responsibility for the authoritative-punitive aspects. (Author)

Describes the development and content of a program for parents designed to present the need for parent-child book sharing and to familiarize parents with outstanding book titles, sources, and criteria for book selection. (HTH)

This questionnaire study investigated personality phenomena in adolescents who described their parents along two dimensions: exercise of family authority and reasonableness. The main area of analysis concerned the extent to which male and female adolescents react differently to reasonable or unreasonable paternal and maternal authority. (Author/GK)

Children living with the opposite sex parent seem to be less well adjusted than children living with the same sex parent. However, in both father custody and mother custody families, authoritative parenting by the custodial parent is positively linked with the child's competent social behavior. (Author/GC)

The concept of public relations and its importance in a vocational education program are described in this article. Such program elements as research, planning, finance, administration, and evaluation are discussed. Public relations efforts concerning staff members, administration, students and alumni, parents, organizations and agencies,…

A study of assistance received from parents and teachers with supervised occupational experience programs. Teachers provided the greatest assistance in areas of recordkeeping, encouragement, setting educational goals, and learning skills in agriculture. Parents' greatest assistance was in providing facilities, developing interest in agriculture,…

A small but significant positive relationship was found between family size, family activities, and family affection. Religiosity, not family size, was the key causal variable. The degree to which the mother feels her work is important might be the key variable in coping with family size. (Author)

Discusses ERIC resources that examine the values of reading aloud to children, that outline ways to involve parents in reading to their children, and that suggest specific materials to read aloud. (ET)