Describes the variety of initiatives that directorates, schools, organizations, and teachers are taking to involve parents in reading in the various Australian states. (HTH)

To get more parents, expecially fathers, involved in school activities, a Southboro (Massachusetts) elementary school put on a successful pancake breakfast that not only attracted many parents but also made money. (RW)

A teacher of educationally subnormal children discusses ways in which parents can be encouraged to become involved in their children's education. (CL)

Reports results of a study concerned with the vegetable preferences and dislikes of preschool-aged children in which 12 vegetables were rated on a 3-point facial hedonic scale. Compares children's responses with those of their mothers. (CS)

The article reviews ways in which parents of handicapped children can become involved with the schools, and two models (an oral program for deaf students in which parents are trained to provide language stimulation, and a program for autistic children involving parents in behavioral treatment) are described. (CL)

Reveals that preschool directors, teachers, and parents preferred the "supporter" type of parent involvement and least preferred the "decision maker" type of parent involvement. (FL)

Reports on a comparison made between the videotaped behaviors of primary caretaker mothers and both primary and secondary caretaker fathers during face-to-face interactions with their four-month-old infants. (Author/SS)

In examining Quebec's mandated system of parent advisory committees, it was found that improved conceptualizations of the appropriate roles for parents to assume in the schools are needed. (MM)

Emphasizes parent involvement in the schools through Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) activities and the principal's role in helping parents become involved. (LD)

Describes a successful program, a parent involvement weekend, implemented in an urban high school. (LD)

Describes the beginning and thriving operation of a children's bookshop in Carmel (California) which offers special programs for children and for parents on children's literature. (JM)

Lists Internet sites related to articles in this issue. Topics include a first-grade unit on voting, student-created theme binders, techniques for student motivation, and involving parents in the middle school. (KDFB)

Describes how parents are more involved than ever in the increasingly competitive admissions process, to the dismay of some applicants and colleges. (EV)

Comparative analysis of the implementation, effects, and costs of efforts to increase parental involvement in a large-scale primary-school improvement project in Indonesia. Finds that while not successfully implemented, parental involvement, compared with the other interventions (teacher development, books, and materials), is effective in…

Reviews the current status of abortion laws pertaining to adolescents worldwide, examining questions raised by parental consent laws in the United States and by the relevant psychological research (risk of harm from abortion, informed consent, consequences of parental involvement in the abortion decision, and current debate). Discusses issues…