Showing papers on "Grandparent published in 1982"

Young Children's Attitudes and Perceptions of Older Adults:

Abstract: Children ages four to seven judged relative ages of unfamiliar adults from photographs and chose photographs of adults in response to sociometric items. Age discrimination was highly accurate by age six. Children identified older adults as sad, lonely and not busy, but older adults were bypassed on items like “knows a lot” and preferences for teachers. In interviews, most of the children accurately identified older people by relying on physiognomic cues. Most described their grandparents as examples of known older people and expressed positive views of the activities they share. Images of passivity, and of older people engaged in domestic, but not “outside” work were also present. Children's attitudes were found to parallel those held by older adults in recent polls; older children in the sample were more likely to hold stereotypical images. Two-thirds of the children preferred not to grow old. Contact of children with older adults other than their grandparents was limited, especially in work settings or ...

Grandparents of divorce and remarriage

Abstract: Among the individuals affected by divorce are the parents of the divorcing persons. Their role must be seen through three perspectives: that of the older persons themselves, that of the divorcing couple, and that of the children of the divorcing couple. A dozen grandparent-of-divorce settings are outlined and their implications discussed. Significant variables include which parent has custody, subsequent remarriage and the new grandparental relationships that are established, and the perceptions of the grandchildren of their new family relationships.

Parent-Absent Children: A Demographic Analysis of Children and Adolescents Living Apart from Their Parents.

Abstract: A statistical profile using data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau is presented of those children and adolescents who were living apart from their parents, referred to in this report as "parent-absent children." Data obtained from the 1981 Current Population Report indicated that in 1980 2,295,000 or 3.7% of all unmarried noninstitutionalized children under 18 years of age were not living with either of their parents. A large majority of these children were living in families with some relative, usually their grandparents, and a minority were living outside of families in group quarters, such as boarding schools. The percentage of parent-absent children increased between 1975 and 1979, especially among black preteenagers. Possible reasons for parent absence are discussed, along with directions for future research.

Grandparent-grandchild interaction in a Mexican American group

Abstract: Telephone interviews with 31 Mexican American grandparents collected information about interaction behaviors of 53 grandparent-grandchild dyads. These were dyads in which the grandchild was between the ages of 3 and 12, and saw the grandparent often but did not live in the same household. The areas explored were: interaction behaviors, cultural transmission, and religious training. These response variables were crossed with sex, age, and place of birth of grandparent, sex and age of the grandchild, sex and sibling position of the parent, and language compatibility between grandparent and grandchild. Results indicate a high degree of involvement by most grandparents. A hypothesis of increased interaction along the sex-blood line had partial confirmation. Grandmothers reported talking in Spanish and visiting most with granddaughters, especially if these were the children of daughters. A second hypothesis of behaviors according to sex-role demarcations was not confirmed. Both grandmothers and grandfathers re...

Parenting by Related Adults

Abstract: The extended family household consisting of many people of all ages and at least three generations living together in a large rural home, depicted in such popular television programs of the 1970’s and 80’s as The Waltons represents what Goode (1971) has labeled “the classical family of western nostalgia.” This myth, and it is that, symbolizes for many people something of the past that was good and that we have lost. With alleged loss of the extended household and kin network, families are said to be isolated, lacking a sense of their own history, and without the supportive help of grandmothers, aunts and uncles for child care, housework and family emergencies. Children are said to lack contact with older persons, to have few role models for their own future, to have negative views about older persons, and to be deprived of valuable learning experiences that come from close relationships with a loved grandparent from whom they can gain a sense of continuity and of what life was like in past days.

The integration of the Foster Grandparent Program with an acute Care Psychiatric Service.

Abstract: In an effort to provide special relationships and attention for the children and adolescents hospitalized on the acute care psychiatry wards, one hospital established a unit of foster grandparents. The article describes the problems encountered in the development of the program at the hospital, problems that would appear tobe inherent in the development of similar programs, particularly in multidiscipline settings. The article also describes how the foster grandparents became active members on the service's multidiscipline teams, participating in the assessment of patients and contributing to their treatment.

Foster grandmothers in the premature nursery.

Abstract: JOSEPHINE V. BROWN, PhD. a psychologist from Georgia State University, designed and participated in the study. She is now in West Germany at the Abeilung Fur Psychologic Universitat, Bielefeld. The authors thank Agnes Campbell, Sue Krueger, Grady and Atlanta Foster Grandparent Program, and Ralph LaRossa, Paula Dressel, and Roger Bakeman for their support and assistance with this article. Henning, are widows and real-life grandparents who have been providing special attention to premature infants in the neonatal intensive unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, since 1975. They are part of the Atlanta Foster Grandparent Program, a federally funded and directed program of ACTION, which is administered by Economic Opportunity of Atlanta. The program offers low-income elderly citizens a small stipend for their work with children. While foster grandparent programs are not new to pediatrics, they are new to the premature nursery. Both women had experience in the pediatric unit. When they were approached by the nurse researcher and asked if they would work with prematures weighing only 1,300 to 2,000 Gm, they were hesitant. It was explained that the babies were past the critical stage but in need of time to grow and gain weight. Assured that they would receive a threemonth intensive orientation, both women agreed. They now provide extra attention to 100 to 120 premature infants a year in our 60-bed tertiary-level NICU. Initially, the foster grandmothers were recruited to participate in a research project designed to evaluate the effects of additional stimulation on the development of prematurely born infants(1). Many such babies require prolonged medical care, and because of their critical conditions they often receive inappropriate patterns of stimulation during their hospitalization. They are exposed to continuous light and high noise levels(2), an array of different caretakers, and do not receive the vestibular (rocking movement) stimulation they would have had if carried to term by their mothers. The effects of these atypical experiences are not fully understood, but it is believed that stimulation and individualized attention may be one way of overcoming some of the disadvantages of the hospital environment(3).

Evaluating the observable effects of foster grandparents on hospitalized children.

Abstract: Because Foster Grandparent Programs have been widely implemented in acute care settings but not systematically evaluated, a study was done of the effects that the visiting of parent surrogates had on young children in acute care settings. Three groups of children in such settings were compared: those with foster grandparents, those without visitors, and those visited by their parents. Intergroup differences in the children's hospital behavior reached statistical significance in respect to only one of five behavioral domains investigated. The results of the foster grandparent intervention were found to be relatively weak compared with the results reported in earlier studies. However, it was believed that the discrepancy could be accounted for by the presence or absence of the visitor at the time of observation of the child's behavior. Implications drawn from the study were that greater benefits might be derived from the Foster Grandparent Program at little additional cost if the foster grandparent began visiting immediately upon the child's admission to the hospital, if this visiting extended beyond the current standard 2-hour period, and if the visitor was present at all traumatic medical procedures.

The Family of Mann

Abstract: This chapter discusses the family background of Wilfrid Basil Mann. He made his debut into this world on August 4, 1908; his father's 30th birthday. Six years later, on Wilfrid Basil Mann's birthday, Great Britain declared war on Germany. His father volunteered for service in the Royal Flying Corps, but was rejected because of less than perfect eyesight. For the rest of the war, Wilfrid Basil Mann remembers that he and his mother kept open house for friendly blue-uniformed wounded soldiers with whom he enjoyed week-end outings in the four-seater open car that rejoiced in the name of “Alldays and Onions” and was his father's pride. Wilfrid Basil Mann's paternal grandparents were Irish Catholics who brought up their family of six sons in accordance with the precepts of the Church, although on week-days, from all accounts, the boys led his grandparents a merry chase. Wilfrid Basil Mann's mother, Maud Mary Cogan, was also Catholic, but only half-Irish.

Finnish American Lives

Abstract: A 1982 portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting the fragile community of memory connecting one with parents and grandparents. A Michael Loukinen production from Up North Films.

Bilingual Control in Families.

Abstract: The goal of this study is to find salient conditions and categories of conditions that seem to be important factors in parents' control over their children's early linguistic environment. Five families in a small academic Community in the U.S. Midwest were ident;fied. One parent was a native speaker of English (L1) and the other, a native speaker of French (L2). Open ended interviews were used in an attempt to discover the conditions which seem to be necessary and those which are generally typical of families in which there is a goal of childhood bilingualism. The conditions and their interrelationships are categorized in relation to the initial decision, the source of L2, and changes which affect the implementation of the initial decision. Important conditions regarding the initial decision seem to be emotional attachment to L2 and the language spoken between the parents before the birth of their child. The presence of monolingual grandparents is an important condition for implementation and one that will change over time. Additional effects on implementation, not present at the time of the initial decision, such as birth of other children and entrance to school, may affect parental implementation of the initial decision. All the conditions can be conscious or accidental; all affec,; in one way or another children's acquisition of both languages. (AMH) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************************************* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EIDUCAIAQNALHEAAjl..Y4