The NEBLINE, April 1994

Contents: Horticulture Rural $ense Human Resources 4-H & Youth Environmental Focus Community & Leadership Development Extension Calendar Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News and other extension news and event

Older siblings as positive role models in the development of at-risk children

The purpose of the present study is to explore the sibling relationships in low-income families. This study utilized a subsample of a larger longitudinal study and included 35 Head Start and 45 kindergarten children who had older siblings. All subjects were low income. Among the kindergarten children, 29 had attended Head Start. Children were interviewed about their relationships with their older siblings. When a child had more than one older sibling, random sampling was used to select the older sibling on whom to focus the interview. There were no significant differences between Head Start and kindergarten children in their descriptions of sibling relationships. Compensatory and congruous patterns of sibling relationships were investigated in low income families. The quality of sibling relationships was related to social skills of younger siblings. In families who experienced stress, the quality of sibling relationships related to social skills of the younger siblings. In families who perceived no stress, the quality of sibling relationships was related to both cognitive and social skills of the younger siblings. Therefore, parents may influence children\u27s academic skills better than siblings; siblings may influence children\u27s social skills. Several findings on the relationships between family constellation variables (siblings\u27 sexes, ages, and age intervals) and the quality of sibling relationships were consistent with other findings of sibling studies conducted with middle-class families. Only younger siblings\u27 rather than both older and younger siblings\u27 perceptions were used to assess the sibling relationship. In addition, only the interview method was used to assess the sibling relationship. These factors may limit the generalizability of the study

Spanish American, 12-20-1919

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Holland City News, Volume 15, Number 41: November 13, 1886

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Street Children and Philanthropy in the second half of the Nineteenth Century

From the middle of the nineteenth century there was a sudden increase of concern over, and care for, children who lived wild on the streets of Victorian Britain. Often described as 'city arabs', the racial rhetoric used in connection with these children portrayed them as belonging to another race. The Victorian public did not understand them because they did not conform to the standards of middle-class society. They were also described as vermin and rubbish that nobody wanted. Although already a feature of the city streets for many years, from mid-century a significant number of philanthropists set about changing their downward life cycle. Instead of merely being punished for vagrancy or imprisoned for theft, their well being became important. Homes were opened where such children could experience a caring home-life. Education and training was given and help finding employment. Some were taken to the countryside, where they would be away from the temptations of the city. Many were taken to Canada to find homes and work there. The early chapters of the thesis describe the background of the problem and locate the thesis within the context of recent scholarship. Five specific organisations and their founders are examined in depth, in each case using sources not previously studied. The different systems of care and the motivation of the child savers are compared. The thesis will argue that one of the most important reasons for the changes in attitudes to 'street children' was the increasing influence of evangelicalism - an influence that can be seen clearly in the series of case-studies