By Maria Schmeekle, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology at Illinois State Unversity
Posted by Nancy Gonzalez | April 04, 2012
Maria Schmeekle, Professor of Sociology at Illinois State, teaches family studies through a global lens. She began experimenting with a global/transnational/comparative approach in her Marriage and Family class. This kind of approach felt vital to her in a world that is increasingly interconnected, a world that we are sending students out to navigate. In this article, she offers some valuable tips.
Teenwise Minnesota invites anyone who is interested in sexuality of teens to attend their conference this Thursday, April 5 at the Center for Performing Arts in Minneapolis.
Have you ever felt as if life has pushed you over? And you just can't "right" yourself? Take a lesson from this Reptilian rescue. Sometimes a little nudge from a friend can get you going again. Do you have a beloved relative, friend, neighbor or mentor who has given you a "push" when you needed it? Send this link and a thank you. Enjoy!
Part of our preparation for NCFR's 75th anniversary conference in 2013 will be the unveiling of the NCFR History project. One of our staff members called my attention to one of the conference panelists from the very first conference in 1938 and showed me an online book of his (scary) ideas. If I hadn't seen some of his work in print, I would have never believed it.
How does underage drinking correlate with adult alcoholism? What preventable problem injures 1900 U.S. teens per year? Which prescription pain medications were involved in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined? The National Institute on Drug Abuse in the U.S. answers these questions and more in a free online booklet in PDF format called "Drug Facts: Shatter the Myths"
The AIFS Conference is the premier event for discussing cutting-edge research findings, policy priorities and topical issues important to family wellbeing in Australia.
Using data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), this report for the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides a portrait of children entering Head Start for the first time in fall 2009, as well as of their family backgrounds, and the classrooms and programs that serve them. The report also offers comparisons across the past decade of the Head Start program to delineate trends and changes in the population served and the services provided.
