Explores feminist heroines in Julia Cunningham's "Tuppenny," who elude patriarchal entrapment and revitalize a community. (HOD)

Parent-adolescent conflicts are frequently sufficiently severe to require third-party intervention. Because the adolescent is more likely to be in a setting where counsel is more easily available, the helping person can make use of insight and emotional maturity that is concomitant with the adolescent's acquisition of formal thought. (Author)

Explores the relationship between adolescent lifestyle and the development of autonomy. Suggests that the expansion of the high school system with its emphasis on continued dependence, and the rise of the market economy emphasizing economic independence, create potential discontinuity in adolescent socialization. (JAC)

The author comments on Ryan, Barham, and Fine ("The Functional Role of School Problems in a Child's Family"; v16 n4 1985), explaining the systemic relations between the child, family, and schools. On the next pages, Ryan et al. reply to Turgay's comments. (MT)

Describes the principles upon which the author raised two very different and successful daughters. These include believing that one has a great impact on one's own destiny; encouraging differences and individuality; placing few limitations on aspirations; spending time with children; allowing children to explore their interests; and having a sense…

The author, the mother of a gifted child, recounts her experiences in coming to understand her daughter's needs and in assessing the ability of the public and private systems of formal education to contribute to her development. (SW)

The mentoring model, in which an "expert" develops an in-depth, sharing relationship with a student, is highly appropriate for gifted students who manifest strong performance discrepancies in academic areas, whose interpersonal peer relationships are weak, who suffer from a physical or emotional handicap, or are talented in nontraditional areas.…

Examines the early maturity of children in single-parent households: its evolution, its forms, and some of its short- and long-term effects. (Author/CM)

Examines several dimensions of adolescent suicide, including theories of suicide, methods of assessing lethality, and methods of counseling the suicidal person. (Author/GC)

Author reviews behavior modification techniques as presented in books written to help parents rear children. Analyzes theoretical and ideological assumptions on which these parenting books are based. Concludes that these books reveal a fundamental disregard for children as persons and therefore require careful and critical evaluation. (Author/JLF)

The sociocultural and economic conditions that have improved our standard of living and fostered personal fulfillment have also undercut the stability and happiness of the middle class nuclear family. If such conditions persist, unbridled individualism will continue to disrupt family life and children will pay the costs of inadequate parenting.…

Suggests that designing home-based interventions as longitudinal development research (rather than outcome evaluation) can provide valuable knowledge about ecological factors that affect the development of competence in parents and children and about effective ways to support families. (Author/MP)

Examines the myths surrounding single-parent families. Discusses lifestyles, parental roles, parent-child relationships, psychological development of the child, and how these concerns affect home economics programs (knowledge, skills, coping patterns, teaching methods, the role of 4-H, stereotypes, and teachers' communication with parents). (CT)

The author suggests that most children will get a better start in life when they spend the majority of their waking hours in the care of a parent or other family member, although he cites three conditions which necessitate substitute care. (Author/SJL)

A teacher's personal account of her discovery of her six-year-old daughter's hearing loss. Emphasizes the need for early screening for young children. (CM)