Presents an art lesson for second-grade students that was inspired by the book "Grandpa's Face" by Eloise Greenfield. Comments that the students each wrote a descriptions of their grandfather's face, compared the artwork of Chuck Close and Vincent Van Gogh, and then made clay representations of their grandfather's face using abstract…

Two books by and about American Indians demonstrate the positive impact of warm and caring relationships between elders and youth. Elders in these stories convey to children important lessons about life, death, traditions, heritage, and family; positively affect the identity development and emotional maturity of the adolescent protagonists; and…

Examines differences in patterns of social mobility experienced by three generations (grandparents, parents, and children) within the same family lineages. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Generations, found that each successive generation of offspring has had higher occupational attainment than the one before. However, the rate of upward…

Examined social support following loss of a peer, grandparent, or other person among adolescents 17 to 20 years old. Found that 70.6 percent had experienced loss, and 43.5 percent had experienced peer loss. Participants rated peers and parents as the most helpful supports. Comparisons of loss were difficult because few participants had lost a…

In this article the author discusses the learning and support needs of older women who, because they cared for elderly relatives, found it difficult to attend classes. She contends that there exists a gap in awareness and equal opportunities provision. In an in-depth investigation of the Government's new Access to Learning Fund (ALF) in relation…

Ecological contributions to attachment transmission were studied in a sample of 64 adolescent mother-infant dyads. Maternal sensitivity was assessed when infants were 6 and 10 months old, and infant security was assessed at 15 and 18 months. Maternal attachment state of mind was measured with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) after the 1st…

This report describes results of contingency-table analyses conducted on four types of black families. Eight families from a sample of 30 families who had been filmed on four occasions during evening meals are discussed as case studies. Two families chosen from each cell of a 2 x 2 factorial design consisting of family structure (one versus two…

The goal of this study is to find salient conditions and categories of conditions that seem to be important factors in parents' control over their children's early linguistic environment. Five families in a small academic community in the U.S. Midwest were identified. One parent was a native speaker of English (L1) and the other, a native speaker…

This research deals with the legal, social and cultural contexts in which informal adoption of black children by adults takes place in rural south Alabama. A total of 306 parent surrogates were identified, interviewed and compared on the basis of 10 socioeconomic characteristics. Information was also collected on the number of children informally…

The focus of this paper is the role interactions and subjective characteristics of relationships between Negro grandparents and grandchildren in a southern urban low-income area. A modified form of the Adams Kinship Schedule was used to collect the data from personal interviews in the home setting. Findings indicate that grandmothers are important…

Outlines a grandparent biography project for individual research by high school students. Authors state that the purpose of the project is to compare changes in the ways the students' family has lived over several generations with changes in other cultures. (DB)

Provides preliminary findings of an interview study of Black teenage mothers and their mothers, who likewise gave birth during adolescence. Discusses topics such as childbearing, child care provisions, education, welfare, sexual behavior, contraception, relationships with the child's father, and the increased incidence of poverty among Black…

Noting that previous study of child rearing patterns among Chinese parents has ignored the importance of the instrument measuring parenting style, this study used an instrument incorporating Chinese concepts of parenting and based on well-established parenting concepts to examine differences in the child rearing attitudes of mothers and…

This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, 1974, and is a partial report of a sweeping investigation of attitude differences across three generations. (Author/KC)

Discusses the benefits, recruitment and training possibilities, as well as teacher adjustments of involving the elderly as volunteers and regular participants in a school program. (BF/JH)