Sesame Street Workshop includes a number of initiatives designed to help prepare children for the challenges that await them by addressing a wide range of developmental needs, from the basics of ABCs and 123s to life lessons about health, safely, getting along, and coping with loss.
I am a family sociologist teaching in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah. My research has explored marriage and divorce, the changing economics of single motherhood, work-family issues among higher education faculty, and how religion affects marriage and other intimate relationships.
I am the author of Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and the editor, with Lori Kowaleski-Jones, of Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda (Springer, 2005). Two additional books are under contract: Soulmates: Religion and Relationships among African-Americans and Latinos (Oxford University Press), with W. Bradford Wilcox, and Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower (Rutgers University Press), with Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden.
Paul Amato is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, the Pennsylvania State University. He is also a past Program Chair and Section Chair of NCFR and winner of the 2008 Burgess Award and Reuben Hill Award.
Observers disagree over whether children's well-being is improving or declining in the United States. Broad statements about children's well-being are problematic, however, because well-being is a multidimensional construct, and not all indicators have changed in the same direction. This presentation reviews evidence on various aspects of children's well-being (such as health, academic achievement, and poverty) and describes structural and policy factors that are linked with shifts in these outcomes.
Introduction of Speaker: David Demo
Session Presider: Anisa Zvonkovic, 2008 Program Chair
Do Child Outcomes of All Disciplinary Enforcements Vary by Ethnicity? Robert Larzelere, Ron Cox, Ketevan Danelia, Jelani Mandara
I Don't Want That For My Kids: Ending Intergenerational Patternsof Risk, Katherine MacTavish Contextual Resilience and Internal Resiliency: Assessing the Impact of Context on Child Well-being, Alisa Van Langeveld, Randal Day
Promotes interdisciplinary research, education and practice and advances policy related to the social and emotional development of all children during the first five years.
The Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.
Parenting Piece by Piece is a curriculum guide for a series of eight parenting education sessions and three optional sessions. It was originally designed for use with parents who have been mandated to attend parenting training due to their identification as abusive and/or neglectful parents. The current edition also includes guidelines for adapting the program for use with incarcerated parents or with the caregivers of children whose parents have lost custody. This site provides background information, samples, and ordering information.
Shocking news events, disasters, political violence, and other difficult situations can be difficult to discuss with chidlren. Many adults think children can be shielded from those events, but this fact sheet provides information supporting the importance of keeping communication channels open at those times. Tips are provided for parents to broach difficult topics.
