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National Human Genome Research Institute websitehttp://www.genome.gov/ Human Genetic Variation--NIH Curriculum Supplement for Grades 9-12 (major findings of Human Genome Project and basic genetic concepts) http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/genetic/ Nature's Genome Gatewayhttp://www.nature.com/genomics TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD Research on transition to parenthood http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan01/parenthood.html University of Maine Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet: Becoming a Parent http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4215.htm Center for Effective Parenting information on adjusting to parenthoodhttp://www.parenting-ed.org/handout3/General%20Parenting%20Information/adjusting%20to%20parenthood.htm FATHERHOOD Department of Health and Human Services Fatherhood Initiative Webpage http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/index.shtml Child Trends research briefs on fatherhoodhttp://www.childtrends.org/r_resbrief.asp Summary of father involvement research from Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesotahttp://www.cyfc.umn.edu/family/resources/AB1011.htm Information on responsible fathering from Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesotahttp://www.cyfc.umn.edu/family/resources/AB1030.htm ERIC Digest on father involvement in schoolhttp://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/1998/nord98.html NICHD STUDY OF EARLY CHILD CAREhttp://www.nichd.nih.gov/od/secc/index.htm CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE NIMH information on children and violence http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violencemenu.cfm Surgeon General's report on youth violencehttp://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/youvioreport.htm ERIC Digest on early childhood violence preventionhttp://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/1998/massey98.html GENDER BIAS IN SCHOOLS American Association of University Women resources on girls and education http://www.aauw.org/research/girls_education/index.cfm Myra Sadker Advocates for Gender Equityhttp://www.sadker.org/ ERIC Digest on supporting girls in early adolescencehttp://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/1995/drgirl95.html STATISTICS ON MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT 2002 Statistical Abstract of the United States: Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/02statab/labor.pdf STATISTICS ON SINGLE PARENTHOOD National Center for Health Statistics Fastats: Unmarried Childbearing http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarry.htm National Center for Health Statistics Fastats: Divorce http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce.htm 2002 Statistical Abstract of the United States: Vital Statisticshttp://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/02statab/vitstat.pdf Child Trends research brief on births outside of marriagehttp://www.childtrends.org/PDF/rb_032601.pdf APA information on single parenting and the familyhttp://helping.apa.org/family/single.html National Campaign to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancyhttp://www.teenpregnancy.org/default.asp?bhcp=1 CHILD POVERTY Child Trends research briefs on poverty http://www.childtrends.org/PDF/rb_032601.pdf Children's Defense Fund information on child povertyhttp://www.childrensdefense.org/fs_chpov.php HOMELESS FAMILIES National Center on Family Homelessness website http://www.familyhomelessness.org/ U. S. Conference of Mayors Annual Report on Hunger and Homelessnesshttp://www.usmayors.org/uscm/hungersurvey/2002/onlinereport/HungerAndHomelessReport2002.pdf EDUCATION IN JAPAN Educational Visions: collection of articles on Japanese education http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/EVISION/index.html Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology websitehttp://www.mext.go.jp/english/news/ Life in a Japanese Schoolhttp://www.verinet.com/~salyavin/maiko.html CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY Overview of policy with many links to other sources http://axe.acadiau.ca/~043638z/one-child/ TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools http://www.ksbe.edu/ |