How our technology and social structure adversely affect stability and continuity of care for infants whose mothers work outside the home. Various solutions to the resulting problems are suggested. (RH)

Research supported by research grant MH-03008 from NIMH, U.S. Public Health Service.

The article considers eight myths related to primary prevention of children's psychosocial disorders, including that prevention reduces costs and will improve adult health. Potentially helpful intervention approaches are described. Journal available from American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, P.O. Box 1034, Evanston, IL 60204 (CL)

Provides an introduction to a special section on developmental behavioral genetics (the study of genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in behavioral development), discussing the potentialities of the interdiscipline and presenting an overview of the following articles. (Author/RH)

The concepts upon which current playgrounds are designed are examined. Recommendations made for playground designers involve: (1) realizing all play is "normal"; (2) redirecting thinking on safety factors in planning; (3) designing equipment for the environment it will be used in; (4) broadening guidelines for equipment design; and (5)…

Discusses the relationship between child development and early childhood education. Focuses specifically on the issue of socialization and current research on mediated learning experience. (Author/CM)

Notes that children would learn much more from stories if they were allowed to relax, enjoy a story, and discover what it is they want or need from books. (HOD)

In a Swedish sample of five autistic children (12 to 18 years old), deterioration or severe symptom aggravation at the onset of puberty that followed earlier improvement is described. It is suggested that autistic children with pubertal deterioration may constitute a meaningful subgroup of the syndrome. (Author/SB)

Briefly reports on findings from a study designed to identify differences and similarities between social workers' and foster parents' attitudes towards issues of child guidance. (Author/MP)

A model is proposed in which stereotypes are assumed to function as schemas that serve to organize and structure information. The thesis is advanced that sex stereotyping is a normal cognitive process and is best examined in terms of information-processing constructs. (Author/RH)

Examined whether the density of play continues to increase as children grow older. Four- and five-year-olds made simple constructions using few materials, six- and seven-year-olds made more constructions with more materials, and eight-to ten-year-olds made fewer but much more extensive and integrated constructions. (Author/DB)