Parenthood education should provide teenagers with a foundation upon which to make decisions regarding parenthood, and the knowledge and skills to perform parental responsibilities effectively. This paper addresses major components that need to be included in a teenage-parent program within the home economics curriculum. (Author)

A discussion of educational philosophies and practices found by teachers in two Texas counties to be pertinent to successful coeducational classes in home economics. (JT)

Societal changes have affected home economics; indignation (which creates a professional environment amenable to change) has been expressed that home economics programs are not focused on life as it really is; are not family-oriented; do not respect and encourage diversity; and are not directed toward concept learning. (AJ)

A discussion of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (which amended portions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) prohibiting sex discrimination in federally-assisted education programs. Focus is on implications of title IX regulations, the impact of unconscious phrases, the "stereotype trap," sex bias in textbooks, sex-role related objects,…

The authors discuss problems of the present in families: functional illiteracy; violence and abuse; adolescent pregnancy; dual earner, single parent, and blended families; alcohol and drug abuse; ethnic diversity; and the aging of America. How high school home economics programs can help with these issues is explored. (CT)