Childhood, Adolescence and the Family

The Family and Compulsory Education.
The Great Change in Childhood.
Childhood and Contemporary Culture.
Child and the Adult World.
The Changing American Family.
Compulsory Education.
Home Schooling.
Home Schooling Resources.

Online Information about Families

The Federal government’s Forum on Child and Family Statistics is one of the best places on the Internet to find national and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environments, and education. Among the major reports to be found are the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the nation's children America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being:

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
http://www.childstats.gov/ac2000/ac00.asp

and, Nurturing Fatherhood the Federal government’s main annual report on the condition of Fatherhood in American society:

Nurturing Fatherhood
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/CFSForum/c4.htm

Home Schooling Resources

Extensive resources on Home Schooling are available online. Particularly valuable are the American Homeschool Association and Homeschooling Magazine. The web site for Home Education Magazine presents free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine.

American Homeschool Association
http://www.home-ed-press.com/AHA/aha.html

Home Education Magazine
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/

Useful sources on working with parents include:

Guidelines for Parent Conferences
http://www.teachermentors.com/MCenter%20Site/ParentConfr.html

Parent Involvement Takes Planning, and a Good Program Takes Time to Establish (NEA Beginning Teachers)
http://www.nea.org/bt/4-community/4-1-q-c.html

Home Schooling Resources

Extensive resources on Home Schooling are available online. Particularly valuable are the American Homeschool Association and Homeschooling Magazine. The web site for Home Education Magazine presents free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine.

American Homeschool Association
http://www.home-ed-press.com/AHA/aha.html

Home Education Magazine
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/

Useful sources on working with parents include:

Guidelines for Parent Conferences
http://www.teachermentors.com/MCenter%20Site/ParentConfr.html

Parent Involvement Takes Planning, and a Good Program Takes Time to Establish (NEA Beginning Teachers)
http://www.nea.org/bt/4-community/4-1-q-c.html

A very interesting interview with David Elkind is available at:

On Our Changing Family Values: A Conversation with David Elkind
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9604/elkind.html

For perspectives on contemporary fasmiliers visit:

Healthy American Families in a Postmodern Society: An Ecological Perspective
http://www.epi.umn.edu/epi_pages/Syllabi/reading1.html

History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html

Information on Home Schooling can be found at:

Homeschool World
http://www.home-school.com/

National Home Education Research Institute
http://www.nheri.org/

NetQuest #10
Issues Involving Children

The Children’s Defense Fund is one of the country’s main lobbying groups concerned with the welfare and rights of children. Visit their issues page and using its resources create a one page profile of problems that need to be addressed in the United States involving children.

Children’s Defense Fund (Issues Page)
http://www.childrensdefense.org/issues.htm