The rate and nature of mother-child interaction - verbal and nonverbal- and its effects are here discussed and recent research is presented and analyzed. (Editor/JB)

Parents constantly influence--positively or negatively--the formation of their child's psyche. Throughout all their life they carry--embedded in their unconscious or subconscious--traces of parental influence. (CK)

Responses to questionnaire to parents indicate that they want to know what is happening in the lives of their students, and students want them to know and understand. It is conceivable that the arena of personnel work may well extend to include more work with parents. (Author)

Describes aspects of the father's role from the birthing process through the infant, preschool, and kindergarten-primary years and into the elementary and middle years of childhood. (RH)

Parents can help their children become better writers by reinforcing the importance of writing and by giving children plenty of opportunities to write. Twenty-three specific suggestions for improving children's writing at home are listed. (PP)

Investigated sex differences in career plans of graduate students (N=559) completing training in male- and female-dominated professions. Analyses showed clear patterns of sex differences in the feminine professions. Except for child care, the plans of women in male-dominated groups were not significantly different from those of male colleagues.…

Books can be a starting point for parents who want to help their children deal with unnerving experiences during the first few days of school. Books and stories for children about starting to school, making friends, handling bullies, and other subjects are recommended. (PP)

Children's perceived differences between mothers and fathers, and their perceived roles were examined in several countries. In all groups, mothers are seen as predominantly concerned with domestic duties, while fathers are seen as occupying positions of higher status and playing authority/leadership roles in the family. (AOS)

To further explore findings indicating that parental gender is a much more important predictor of caretaker behavior style than is involvement in parental role, 45 Swedish couples were observed at home interacting with their 16-month-old infants. Findings suggest that gender differences in parental behavior are much less amenable to social…

The author objects to the way his views of children's rights are characterized in John McMurtry's paper (in this issue). Magsino argues that children have many moral rights which cannot be enforced by law, and that, lacking a practical substitute, parents are best equipped to promote their children's long-term interests. (PP)