This study of 197 eminent Canadian women on the dynamics of their childhood families, investigated their perceptions of having a special status or role. Over three-quarters indicated they were considered special within their families. They attributed it to their birth order, scholastic achievement, condition of health, or display of talents.…

This paper's starting point is the dynamic changes and shifts in the field of measuring and monitoring children's well being. In the paper we focus on one specific change--the "new" role of children in measuring and monitoring their own well being--a role of active participants rather than of subjects for research. We then turn to present based on…

Examines the nature of the child and the impact of socialization experiences on his capacity to act nonviolently in a changing social order. Presents a socialization model that draws on different disciplinary frameworks and research areas (animal and human ethnology, social learning theories, altruism studies, and reviews of protest movements).…

The behavior modification literature dealing with parent-child interaction has focused on training parents to modify their children's behavior. However, there is ample data which demonstrates that in ongoing social interactions between parents and children, children and parents control the behavior of one another. The viewpoint is offered that a…

Author describes how little girls today take the same feminine'' roles their mothers took twenty years ago. (Editor)

This presentation provides the reader not only a summary of information regarding children's rights, but also suggests a method of analysis that relates children's rights to issues of social structure and social process. (Authors)

The experience of adult children in caring for an aged parent are examined from a longitudinal perspective. Types of services rendered, perceptions and attitudes toward parents, and stresses evoked by the dependencies of the aged parent are explored. (Author)

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," the PBS children's television series, has provided a vehicle for death education. This article outlines primary considerations given in producing this series. Presented at the Conference on Death and Dying: Education, Counseling, and Care, December 1-3, 1976, Orlando, Florida. (Author)

Analyzes how parents and children perceive and experience commercial playground environments, how such environments are marketed to them, and how they make use of them. Considers the marginal role children play in the production and visitation of these environments, and that the playgrounds provide primarily for the needs of adults. (JPB)

Reports three case studies on the position of children within adult institutions, focusing on difficulties surrounding children speaking for themselves. Argues that adult institutions are unable to decide the status of children's utterances, and that institutional deferral pushes the burden of ambiguity onto children's shoulders, thereby making…

Caught in the Crossfire reveals how the United States has been gradually changing from a society that celebrates childhood into one that is hostile to and afraid of its own children. Today kids are often seen as a threat to our social and moral values. In schools, some behavior is criminalized, and growing numbers of kids find themselves in penal…

Southeast Alternatives, the name given to the Minneapolis Public Schools' Experimental School Project, a plan testing comprehensive change in education, was initiated in 1971 with the intent to bridge the gap from research and experimentation to practice. Marcy Open School, one of the alternative elementary schools, offers flexible curriculum,…

The purpose of this study was to discover the images of child-adult relationships that are being portrayed in picture-storybooks for children in the primary grades. One hundred picture-storybooks were selected for analysis. Fifty picture-storybooks were selected from recommended book lists and fifty were hand-picked from the shelves of a public…

An examination of parents and children in alternative family lifestyles points toward changing ideologies with respect to values such as achievement, future planning, and authority. These attitudes have implications for their child-rearing practices and influence a restatement of parental roles and responsibilities of children. (Author/AM)

Describes psychological techniques, such as distraction and hypnotic imaginative involvement techniques, which have been found effective among chronically ill children and their parents in reducing anxiety and distress, and increasing the ability to cope with taxing medical procedures. Cases from research conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia…