With this new edition, Contemporary Living will continue to be a leading text and popular choice by teachers. This text provides an objective, sensitive presentation of contemporary issues facing today's students. Students will study their development as individuals and family members and learn to identify the attitudes, values, standards, and goals that will influence their decision making. Many new topics have been added to update text content, along with 125 new illustrations.
-- New topics include using the management process; making a career plan; teamwork skills; and strategies for job success.
-- More information is provided on lifespan development, including young adulthood, as well as child guidance techniques.
-- Technology applications have been added throughout, such as using the Internet to find jobs and shopping online.
-- A new end-of-chapter feature called "To Think About" involves topics, questions, and activities requiring critical thinking.

Provides numerous instructional resources that support each chapter of the textbook including bulletin board ideas, introductory activities, suggested teaching strategies, test masters, answer keys, reproducible masters, transparency masters, and much more. All of the resources for teaching each chapter are conveniently grouped together.

Presents a variety of instructional strategies in the margins of each page that are intended to guide you in reviewing and reinforcing the chapter content. Related Web sites are often cited along with technology applications and cross-curricular ideas. It also provides discussion topics, enrichment activities, assessment techniques, and correlations to the National Standards for Interpersonal Relationships.

Designed with classroom teachers in mind, this special edition of the student text offers teaching strategies and classroom activities to make learning reinforcement, discussion, personal reflection, activities that reteach and reinforce concepts, and enrichment activities. A correlation of "Parents and Their Children" to the FCS National Standards for Parenting will help you easily identify the knowledge, skills, and practices students need to learn to become competent parents.

Provides numerous instructional resources that support each chapter of the textbook including bulletin board ideas, introductory activities, suggested teaching strategies, test masters, answer keys, reproducible masters, transparency masters, and much more. All of the resources for teaching each chapter are conveniently grouped together.

- Added content on early brain development, SIDS, and child guidance techniques.
- New topics include using the management process; making a career plan; teamwork skills; strategies for job success; and life span development.