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Hickey, Elizabeth; Dalton, Elizabeth A. – 1994
Divided into three parts, this book was written to foster healing for divorcing parents and to help divorcing couples support their children. Part one deals with interpersonal issues and individual growth. The reader is lead through the personal processes of divorce; actions parents can take to help themselves and their children adjust to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Custody, Childhood Attitudes
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1973
One person in five--42.4 million Americans--belongs to youth, viz. those who are 14 to 24 years of age. The 1970 census showed that there were 1.8 million Spanish heritage young Americans between 15 and 24 years of age. The number of white youth is estimated to be 36.6 million. The estimate for blacks and other racial minorities was 5.8 million in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Demography, Geographic Distribution
Hite, Joyce – 1976
This resource unit, a supplement to the family life education curiculum guide (see related note), was designed to help secondary education home economics teachers provide students with learning experiences related to living as a single person. The unit covers two principle topics regarding single living, each including an overall objective,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Objectives, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Guides
Weibel, Joan – 1976
Urban adaptation patterns of male and female American Indians were investigated via comparison of premigration statistics (48 Navajo and 40 Oklahoma families) with postmigration statistics on a sample of 23 Navajo and 21 Oklahoma families now living in Los Angeles. The premigration variables were residence patterns; population density;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Age, American Indians
Clark, Leon E. – 1977
The document includes a teaching unit and a newsletter focusing on current trends in marriage, divorce, and cohabitation in the United States. The unit is designed for junior high school through college, requires one to two hours, and presents procedural suggestions and data sheets. Initial activities involve students in individually completing a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Divorce, Higher Education, Human Living
Paull, Barbara I. – 1980
This guidebook was developed to aid mothers who are attending school or training programs and also have preschool or school-age children at home, to find new approaches to their complicated life situations. Based on the experiences of 215 women in Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), the booklet describes some of the problems they faced as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Choice, Child Caregivers