This manual was designed to provide instructors in adult basic education with lesson plans which treat the subject of parent education and family life. The lesson plans, factsheets, and worksheets in the manual deal specifically with the subject of child development from 6 to 12 years. The lessons encompass a range of topics including childhood growth, peer and family relationships, the school-age child and the sexual behavior and interests of children. This publication is the second in a series of three which, collectively, propose to treat child development from birth to eighteen years. (PT)