This student guide for a program concerned with how young children acquire social skills defines social skills and describes some ways that parents can build upon their child's desire to get along with people and learn these skills. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials, the guide is…

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 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 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 discussion guide coordinates with the first 20 films in a series intended for use by leaders in working with parents, prospective parents, childcare workers, and students of child development within civic groups, church groups, and other community organizations concerned with the welfare of children. It is designed to aid leaders in helping…

This student guide for a program concerned with creativity in its broadest sense focuses on how people of all occupations and ages can think creatively, how children gain the ability to think and act in imaginative ways, and what parents can do to support this growth. Designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different…

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.…