"Offspring" is a magazine for parents, teachers, and others, intended to provide a forum for views on dealing with young children, to express a variety of ideas, to promote the co-op philosophy, and to enhance the relationship of members of these groups with children and with each other. This document contains issues 1 and 2 from 1994. The first issue presents six articles on the following topics: (1) understanding one's place in the family (an interview with Sister Karen Hawver); (2) promoting independence in preschool children; (3) helping children go to school for the first time; (4) helping children deal with death; (5) raising children to be readers; and (6) observing a young girl's changing flair for fashion. The second issue presents five articles on the following topics: (1) working in co-operative nurseries; (2) dealing with children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); (3) teaching children to listen the first time; (4) learning from counseling by a firefighter; and (5) learning about the effects of verbal abuse on children. (AP)