As a lesson in responsibility and parenting, junior high school students were given eggs as their "children" and told to care for them for two weeks. Students also participated in various small group projects studying the characteristics and needs of three year olds. (SJL)

Sex education in the early 1900s was antisex in nature, discouraging sexual behavior and thoughts. The 1940s brought a moralistic view of sexuality as a part of family life. Sex education in the 1980s reflects the continuation of the sexual revolution and the idea that sex is healthy and normal. (JN)

This list of resources provides an annotated bibliography of books for a personal library and for children, films, pamphlets, and addresses of organizations and sources of additional information. (FG)

Explored the use of film in measuring learning in family life classes. When films were used to teach communication processes, student test performance was equivalent to traditional testing. Results indicate the use of films for simulation has implications for the potential transfer of concepts to life situations. (Author/JAC)

This annotated bibliography cites books, manuals, games, and periodicals useful in family enrichment programs. Some of the cited materials have a Christian focus. (SJL)

After participating in a social skills program, the trained group showed decreases in social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. Shyness should be dealt with by family life educators because of its implications regarding development of intimacy and dealing with conflict in a marital relationship. (Author/JAC)

The intent here was to simply propose that, in view of everything affecting family values in our society and in view of the needs expressed by a growing number of people, the Catholic school and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine should initiate new ways of assisting family life and parenting. (Author/RK)

This paper describes an approach to family life education which consists of a set of three educational objectives: (a) learning general principles; (b) learning how to apply principles in specific situations; and (c) learning skills to implement the principles in everyday life. (Author)

Describes development and implementation of human sexual curriculum course for seventh graders in a rural school district. Claims student participation rates substantiate community acceptance of program, and after the first year of the program the pregnancy rate dropped. (ABL)

Local Parent Teacher Association presidents were surveyed to determine which topics should be included in family life education curricula and to examine attitudes about related issues. Responses were compared to responses from 12 years earlier. Results found increased support for instruction on key topics, particularly at the middle school level.…

Developed model, based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, for guiding students in writing reviews of family literature. Findings from survey of advisors addressing skills of their graduate students in writing literature reviews support hierarchical nature of taxonomy and demonstrate similarities across scientific disciplines.…

Data from two affiliated national surveys were used to examine distribution of work-family spillover among working adults. Analyses testing family life course hypotheses indicated self-reported negative and positive spillover between work and family were not randomly distributed within the labor force. Age was found to have a persistent…

Discusses the findings of an evaluation questionnaire designed to obtain information from adolescents in the areas of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about parenting, marriage, and related topics. (BD)

Differences between the perceptions women have of men's beliefs and attitudes toward early child parenting and the men's actual responses showed females continually granting less credit to the parenting interest and the awareness of men than the men evidenced. Thus parenting socialization programs for unmarrieds should encourage planning and…