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Welcome to the Families page.  Here you will find a variety of articles, web pages, upcoming events, and more.  If you have any suggestions concerning the content of this page, or if you would like to submit information, please feel free to send your request to Harriet Shaklee via email.  All articles currently here are contributions from Harriet Shaklee. They are also available in pdf format for easy download and printing.

Families: Recent Research

50 years of Change for Families: Education, income, work, and divorce
Balancing Work and Family: What's a Mother [or Father] to do?
Civic Participation and American Life: Where have all the voters gone?
Hard Times on the Farm: Economic Stress and Family Life
In the Good Old Days: Fact of Fiction on the Nostalgia Trip
Fathers in America: 100 Years of Change
Child Custody: No Easy Answers
Divorce and Children: What hurts, What helps

Academic Engagement:  In-School Performance and Out-of-School Time


For Parents


Web Sites

Balancing Work and Family
   Family Reading Time
   Family Talk
   Keeping in Touch with School
   Child Care: Linger and Learn
   Working Together
   Television and Your Family: Who controls the remote control?
 

Web Sites for Parents and Kids

 
PDF Downloads

The following are downloadable versions of the previous files.  You'll need Adobe Reader to view these files.  If you don't have it already, it can be downloaded free at the PDF Store

Child Care Connections Team:
Harriet Shaklee
Extension Family Development Specialist

University of Idaho Boise Center
800 Park Blvd.
Boise, Idaho 83712
(208) 364-4016
Email:shaklee@uidaho.edu

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