Examined associations between early substitute care and White middle-class college students' psychosocial development and academic performance. No day care in infancy followed by full-time day care at ages two and four was best predictor of above-average high school academic achievement; part-time care throughout infancy and early childhood was…

Discusses issues important to development of quality child care staff: salaries, working conditions, standards, and status. Discusses use of salary surveys, conferences, campaigns, organizations, and legislation to bring public attention to the compensation issue. Notes current research and future issues to be addressed. (SH)

Evaluates the Post-Hospital Support Program for frail elderly patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (Maryland) who were returning home to the care of a non-paid caregiver for at least a year. Results showed reduction in caregiver stress and in number of days spent in hospital after initial release. (JS)

Reports on a survey of early childhood staff of 85 child care centers and 85 kindergartens in Australia regarding professional ethics. Discusses survey results in relation to Katz's work on ethics and teachers' developmental stages. Compares results with data from an earlier study of American educators (Feeney and Sysko, 1986). (NH)

Examined the consequences of parent care reported by 150 husbands of women who were principal caregivers of their elderly disabled mothers, and compared the men's perceptions of the caregiving situation with those of their wives. Overall, the husbands and wives disagreed on the extent to which relationships in the nuclear family were affected by…

Discusses three myths which impede the self-definition of early childhood professionals. The myths focus on the hierarchical model of power, career ladders, and lifestyles that exclude other commitments. (RJC)

Maintains that the methods of discipline used by parents and other primary caregivers affect the young child's self-esteem. Provides a guide to methods of discipline that help young children develop a sense of self-esteem. (BB)

The article reviews state child care licensing legislation in light of reported child abuse and neglect in some such facilities. Recommended are licensing of all facilities of any size or religious affiliation, criminal record screening, at least annual inspections, unannounced inspections, and required notice to parents when abuse has been…

Examined how young children participating in early childhood programs perceive the social support they receive. Results indicated that pre- and early elementary school-age children can respond to questions about their social support networks in reasonably reliable and valid ways. Significant correlations with indices of perceived competence and…

Explores challenges faced by caregivers working with school-age children. Suggests guidance techniques based on understanding of children's emotional, social, physical, and intellectual characteristics. Focuses on appropriate use of environment, group management and problem solving, and development of self-discipline. (BAC)

This essay reviews the last two decades in the field of child abuse and neglect and notes progress in societal attitudes. It urges making the case against hitting children and suggests the use of scientific evidence, personal testimony, and demonstration of "a better way." Major issues of language and the setting of standards in caregiving are…

Discusses preschool staff training, focusing on Europe generally and Sweden in particular. Examines roles of staff members and relative importance of care and education. Argues that training can have both positive and negative effects. Explores whether training programs should be broad or specific, concluding that they should have a wide…

Discusses the conflicts arising from the child care teacher's dual role as employee and parent. Examines issues such as separation from the infant, return to work, child care arrangements, placement of the child in the same room as the parent, and nursing arrangements. Concludes that dual role must be respected. (BAC)

Grandparental coresidence is associated with a delay of first birth beyond the teenage years among young women from two-parent and stepparent families as well as among those who live with neither birth parent. Grandparental coresidence has no association with early childbearing, positive or negative, among young women from single-parent families.…

Conducted 161 interviews to analyze the way that older married persons living--or having a spouse living--in a long-term care institution perceive their marriages following relocation. Results suggested that relocation did not affect respondents' marriage perceptions. Continuity theory helped in understanding these marital views. (RJM)