This student guide for a program concerned with what young children need to know about death and how parents can help them deal with it is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview of the theme and contents; (2) a summary of the…

This student guide for a program concerned with how young children acquire their food likes and dislikes, their feelings about food, and their patterns of eating, discusses how parents can help their children develop good nutrition habits and provides some basic nutrition information for the whole family. Designed around a magazine format to allow…

This student guide for a program on discipline gives some perspective to the subject and some of the different discipline techniques available to parents, as well as guidelines for deciding among the different techniques. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials, the guide is divided…

This student guide for a program focusing on how children develop self-confidence or self-doubt and learn whether or not they are competent provides some guidelines and special activities for increasing competence in children. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials, the guide is…

This student guide for a program focusing on things parents need in order to do a good job raising their children and some resources that are available to meet these needs, as well as things that society still needs to do to meet its responsibility to children and parents, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to…

This guide is designed for use by the home viewer of the television series, Footsteps, which focuses on some of the problems and concerns that all parents of young children face. Each of the 20 sections includes a general discussion of the theme of a television program, as well as some guidelines for coping with the problems discussed, suggested…

This student guide for a program exploring both the harmful and helpful aspects of television viewing for children is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview of the theme and contents; (2) a summary of the major learnings of…

This student guide for a program focusing on how young children go about defining themselves, how this effort can affect the relationships with other family members, and how parents can ease the process, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven…

This student guide for a program concerned with how children use their senses to learn about the world, and why the first years of life are such a critical time for this exploration, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview…

This student guide for a program focusing on how parents influence the development of self-worth and security in children points out that, even when their parents love them, children may be getting a different message, and suggests special things parents can do to help their children feel loved. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum…

This student guide for a program on styles in parenting discusses how attitudes toward childrearing have changed over the past 50 years, how children are affected by some extreme approaches to childrearing, and how a parenting style that is neither overpermissive nor overprotective is most likely to enhance children's growth. Designed around a…

This student guide for a program concerned with some of the ways in which children differ, and how parents' responses to these differences can help or hinder the child's growth and development, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an…

This student guide for a program focusing on listening as a way for parents to get to know their children and show them that they care discusses the different ideas and feelings young children have to talk about, the ways in which they express their concerns, and how parents can hear and respond to both their verbal and nonverbal messages.…