Examines the place of children's work in family life, paying particular attention to the way in which expectations regarding work are based on underlying concepts of children, parenting, and obligations among family members. (PCB)

In order to examine the theory that children often mold parental actions, analyzed whether parents are consistent with each other or with themselves in parenting attitudes and practices. Parents largely acted alike, although fathers more often acted in ways independent of how their wives were perceived to act. (RJM)

Examines the effects of television on children and asserts that its most serious consequence may be the erosion of the dividing line between childhood and adulthood. (APM)

Reevaluates Lev Vygotsky's theory of children's development. Argues that we can understand development as history only when we think simultaneously about how changing contexts affect what children appropriate from them, and how children's appropriations modify the contexts that guide development. (JPB)

Reflects on idea of representing children politically and socially or culturally, drawing on themes emerging from the United Kingdom's ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Children 5-16 Programme, a research initiative focusing on children as social actors. Explores children as research subjects, documentation of "children's…

Investigated the characteristics of adult-child disputes in 10 Mandarin-speaking families in Mainland China. Found that 2-year-olds' most frequent disagreement strategies included direct refusals, protests, and silence. Adults seldom used silence or refusals but used direct positive requests, expressions of dissatisfaction, and prohibitions when…

Proposes rethinking citizenship so as to include children, maintaining that such thinking can prompt consideration of the similarity of concerns confronting children and adults. Argues that we need to rethink the value of the language of rights and its social significance. Concludes with examination of the requirements of such a vision of…

Examines views of early childhood theorists and educators regarding work in the lives of young children. Discusses young children's performance of chores around the world, work opportunities in one U.S. child care center, expanding chore choices in child care and early education settings, developmental issues related to work, and the promotion of…

Describes the dispositions comprising decency. Discusses how children acquire a sense of decency through the learning cycle of caring and serving, and describes how serving and caring strategies in family and school can promote decency through caring for self, others, the environment, and through service to others. Emphasizes the importance of…

Research and theory appear to indicate that adolescents may be as capable as adults of rendering competent decisions regarding their own medical treatment. Professionals who provide treatment for minors should attempt to determine how each child can participate in decision making affecting his or her own welfare. (Author/MJL)

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)

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…

Presents a model of parent, child, and parent-child variables as they influence children's academic achievement; discusses reciprocity of parent-child interactions; and presents preliminary findings of a study that simultaneously considered data from each component of the model. Analysis supported the model. (SKC)

Makes observations on a new stereotype in the treatment of mothers in current children's fiction. (HOD)

Examines the linkage between marital quality (marital adjustment and satisfaction) and the parent/child relationship (parent/child relational quality and demand) in 378 married couples over two years. Results show that higher levels of marital quality are concurrently and longitudinally associated with higher levels of parent/child relational…