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Parent-Child Interaction in Transition

Book by George Kurian; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

Family--Cross-Cultural Studies, Parent And Child--Cross-Cultural Studies, Socialization--Cross-Cultural Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the entire amount to their parents. The others also said that...giving their salary to their parents if they asked for it. Further it was observed that unlike the parent group, none of the younger...support" and "looking after parents in their old age". To the...
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Parents, Their Children, and Schools

Book by Barbara Schneider, James S. Coleman; Westview Press, 1993

Subjects:

Education--United States--Parent Participation--Longitudinal Studies, Home And School--United States--Longitudinal Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

FIGURE 2.1 Proportion of parents who expect their child to graduate from college by parents highest level of education and race/ethnicity...White education than their own relative to white parents. This is shown by the gap between the white...
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Parent-Child Relations throughout Life

Book by Karl Pillemer, Kathleen McCartney; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991

Subjects:

Developmental Psychology--Congresses, Family--Congresses, Parent And Child--Congresses

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...direction are these: When the parent-child relationship is viewed...felt obligation for all their parents have done for them. During...generations. Nowadays many American parents provide a boost to the status...But children also help their parents in numerous ways during these...
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Parents, Children and Communication: Frontiers of Theory and Research

Book by Thomas J. Socha, Glen H. Stamp; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995

Subjects:

Communication, Communication In The Family, Parent And Child

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...most important topics for parents and children to discuss. 2. I can talk to my parents about almost anything related...16. instruction; if parents intend to control their...the age of 16. Healthy parent--child communication...
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Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Practitioners

Book by Nancy Boyd Webb; Columbia University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Child Rearing, Cross-Cultural Counseling, Minorities--Counseling Of, Parent And Child, Social Work With Minorities

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...parenting challenges of Chinese American parents, I developed guidelines for professionals who interact with Chinese American parents. These guidelines were presented in this...views occur between professionals and parents, we may label parents as failures. It...

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Journal Articles on: parents

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How Parents Influence the Life Plans of Graduating Chinese University Students*

Journal article by Francine M. Deutsch; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 35, 2004

Subjects:

College students, Decision making, Decision-making, Parent and child, Parent-child relations

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...differed about jobs, parents preferred a state-owned...stability. In no case did a parent prefer a foreign enterprise...or civil service job. Parents educational backgrounds...other students whose parents wanted them to continue...The conflict between parent and student was moot...
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Saving Children or Blaming Parents? Lessons from Mandated Parenting Classes

Journal article by Tali Schaefer; Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 19, 2010

Subjects:

Children of divorced parents--Psychological aspects, Divorced parents--Education, Parent and child--Management, Parent-child relations--Management, Parenting--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...initiated a plan ordering more parents to attend parent education programs and the...words, targeting divorcing parents for parent education can be simultaneously...initiative, ordered all divorcing parents to attend parent education, even before Colorados...
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Married and Cohabiting Parents' Relationship Stability: a Focus on Race and Ethnicity

Journal article by Cynthia Osborne, Wendy D. Manning, Pamela J. Smock; Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Children & youth, Cohabitation, Comparative studies, Ethnicity, Marriage, Parents & parenting, Race, United States

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...being bom to cohabiting parents. Among Whites, only...bom into cohabiting parent families compared with...and Mexican American parents as compared to White parents. First, the gap in...cohabiting and married parent households is smaller...
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Parents' Causal Attributions concerning Their Children's School Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

Journal article by Katja Rytkonen, Kaisa Aunola, Jari-Erik Nurmi; Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 51, 2005

Subjects:

Child behavior--Research, Child development--Research, Children's social skills, Children--Behavior, Children--Research, Parent and child--Research, Parent-child relations--Research, Social skills in children

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...shared level of education) and parent-level (parents gender, level of education...however, were not shared by the parents but rather reflected the individual opinion of each parent. However, when parents causal attributions concerning...
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Parent-teacher-student Discrepancies in Academic Ability Beliefs: Influences on Parent Involvement

Journal article by Nimisha Patel, Sharon Stevens; School Community Journal, Vol. 20, 2010

Subjects:

Behavior, Children & youth, Elementary schools, Families & family life, Influence, Middle schools, Parents & parenting, Reading, Teachers

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...significantly higher amounts of parent involvement from parents who received direct requests...were hand delivered to parents who attended parent-teacher conferences...if levels of collective parent involvement and parents reports of collective...

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Magazine Articles on: parents

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Parents and Mathematics Education in a Latino Community: Redefining Parental Participation

Magazine article by Marta Civil, Jill Bratton, Beatriz Quintos; Multicultural Education, Vol. 13, Winter 2005

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Families & family life, Low income groups, Mathematics education, Minority & ethnic groups, Parent participation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...MAPPS2 (Math and Parent Partnerships in the Southwest), parents like Rhonda have...with approaches to parent participation that...based on facilitating parents in their empowerment...the definition of parent-teacher roles and...component towards parents inclusion in leadership...
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The Parent Trap

Magazine article by Tom Loveless; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 23, Autumn 1999

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Social aspects, Education, Secondary--Standards, Education--Parent participation, Educational innovations--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...education: the American parent. They assume that parents will do whatever is necessary...comes to the subject of parents, the rhetoric seldom gets beyond calls for more "parent involvement" or for "empowering" parents. Reforms that grant...
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Working with Asian Parents and Families

Magazine article by Guang-Lea Lee, M. Lee Manning; Multicultural Education, Vol. 9, Fall 2001

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Asian Americans, Asians, Educators, Parent teacher conferences, Professional relationships

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...more to work with Asian parents and families. Whether through parent conferences, involvement...need to convey to Asian parents that the school welcomes parent involvement. Doing...to teach English to parents, parent education programs can...
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School-to-home Notebooks: What Parents Have to Say

Magazine article by Linda Davern; Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 36, May/Jun 2004

Subjects:

Communication, Home school relationship, Parent participation, Special education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...communicating and asked for the parents or caregivers preferences? 3. If the parent chooses a notebook...exchange between child and parent. Some parents, particularly those...critical of something the parent has done? Parents have reported that...
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When You're Not a Parent, but Your Client Is

Magazine article by Jo Johnson; Children's Voice, Vol. 13, January 2004

Subjects:

Children & youth, Counseling services, Counselor client relationships, Parent attitudes, Parents & parenting, Social workers

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...dont have to be a parent to be effective with parents, there are many...later, I became a parent myself. Both improved...ability to engage parents in positive changes...Notice what the parent does well. A strength...when working with parents is highly effective...

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Newspaper Articles on: parents

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The Effect of Parents' Relationship on Children; Obviously Parents Have a Huge Influence to Bear on Their Children but They Sometimes Forget That Their Relationship with Each Other Also Has an Enormous Effect on Their Children. This Is True Whether Both Parents Live at Home or Not. Most Experts Would Agree That If Parents Have a Close and Satisfying Relationship, It Makes the Work of Parenting Much Easier

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 24, 2009

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Child development, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Parenting

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...conflict affects the parents child-rearing practices...relationship can enhance a parents ability to parent effectively, conversely...with that ability. If a parent frequently experiences...Researchers have found that parents quarrel more often and...
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Making Parents Count; A Teacher Helps a Boy with Modern Maths Techniques: But They May Be Unfamiliar to His Parents

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 18, 2008

Subjects:

Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...his suggestion that parents should take time off...National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations,said: Parents would welcome a better...practicalities. If parents dont get it, they...thechildren. As a working parent, I would rather not...
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Judge Attacks 'Ogre' Parents for Damaging Children in Divorce Wars

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 21, 2010

Subjects:

Children of divorced parents, Divorce

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...more intelligent the parent, the more intractable...under 16. Up to 20,000 parents go to court each year...children, than for their parents to denigrate each other...the trite phrase, each parent represents 50 per cent...irredeemably damaged. Parents simply do not realise...
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Treaty Threatens Parents' Rights

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 14, 2008

Subjects:

Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Parenting

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Treaty Threatens Parents Rights. Byline: Michael...roots movement of concerned parents across the nation. ParentalRights...security of the child-parent relationship. The ultimate...and protect the rights of parents. The parental rights amendment...
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Responsibility for Educating Our Children Must Include the Parents

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 24, 2011

Subjects:

Parent and child, Parent-child relations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...few formal events, such as parents evenings, concerts, plays...There are usually enough parents who want to get involved as parent governors and fundraisers too...mothers. We also found that most parents help their children with reading...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: parents

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Parent Education

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PARENT EDUCATION movement to help parents understanding of the problems...home and in the school. Much parent education is carried on through...and J. Viertel, Becoming Parents (1979); C. Cataldo, Parent Education for Early Childhood...
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Parent and Child

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...nonbiological, nonadoptive partner of a parent standing as a parent in a legal context. Parents are ordinarily obliged to support...Emancipation is the dissolution of the parent-child relationship. It may occur if the parents abandon the child, or at the...
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Parent, Étienne

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PARENT, ETIENNE atyen paraN , 1801 74, French Canadian journalist and government...in French Canadian journalism and inspired many French Canadian writers. Parent took no active part in the rebellion of 1837, but he was briefly imprisoned...
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Adoption

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the legal relation of parent and child is created...that the consent of the parents or guardian of the child...support). The natural parents have no right to control...a child for a stable parent-child relationship...regarding the childs birth parents. Since the 1970s, however...
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Foster Care

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...temporary basis by persons other than their own parents. Also known as boarding-home care, foster...family environment to children whose natural parents cannot raise them because of the parents physical or mental illness, the childs behavioral...

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