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Miller, Shirley Matile – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Employed Women, Kindergarten Children, Mothers
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Atkinson, Alice – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Examined attitudes toward career and family roles among 97 home day-care providers, employed mothers, and mothers at home, all of whom had young children. Home day-care providers indicated highest agreement with statements describing the rewards of the occupational role, whereas employed mothers gave the lowest agreement ratings for items on the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Effects, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Heathington, Betty S., Ed. – 1981
The articles in this monograph are centered around a common concern: barriers created by career sex-stereotyping and the input of such stereotyping during the early years of a child's life. The first group of articles is composed of five discussion papers that provide insight into stereotyping existing in language, careers, toys, books, media, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Childhood Attitudes
Shargel, Susan; Kane, Irene – 1974
Books are an avenue for presenting nonstereotyped alternatives to children in school and at home. This bibliography provides a starting point: it is a collection of nonsexist, nonracist children's books selected for children from preschool to third grade, annotated and keyed to three levels of balance between text and picture presentation. Adult…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Gold, Dolores; Andres, David – 1976
This study examined the relationship between maternal employment status and the sex role concepts, cognitive development and adjustment of 110 nursery school children. It was predicted that maternal employment would be associated with a broadening of the children's sex role concepts. It was further predicted that there would be differential…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women, Fathers
Harnischfeger, Annegret; And Others – 1975
This report of family social class influences on children's characteristics is based on data from a longitudinal study of more than 1,000 children, black and white, of various social backgrounds. The sample was originally selected for another study (the St. Louis Baby Study) giving only secondary consideration to social factors. It includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Blacks, Child Rearing