by Raeann R. Hamon, Ph.D., CFLE, Distinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology; Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Messiah College, rhamon@messiah.edu
Want to enliven your classroom and help students to develop intergenerational relationships? Consider intergenerational service learning!
by Marie LaHaye, M.S. candidate and graduate research assistant, Project HOME, Family & Developmental Studies Program, Colorado State University
Imagine you have just retired from teaching and are looking forward to retirement and pursuing your own interests. Then, one afternoon, you receive a call from social services that your daughter has been arrested, so her two children are being placed in your care. What will you do?
This morning I write with a heavy heart. Hurricane Irene is swirling in the Atlantic. The projected paths as of 8 am on Friday August 26 predict it will hit most of the eastern seaboard beginning tomorrow. Officials are advising evacuation in some areas and voluntary evacuation in others.
What works for early language and literacy development?
August 02, 2011
Child Trends has just released a Fact Sheet on What Works for Early Language and Literacy Development: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Intervention Strategies.
The theme for this issue of NCFR Report is “Transitioning to Parenthood.” Our colleagues in research, practice, and family life education share their expertise with us. There are many ways in which families experience this transition: as birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, LGBT parents, single parents, stepparents, grandparents raising grandchildren, and parents who used assistive reproductive technologies, to name a few. Enjoy this substantial and diverse collection of articles on becoming a parent.
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