Join the growing number of your fellow citizens who are reaping the benefits of Direct Deposit, and at the same time, helping to hold down the cost of government. Ph.D.National Program Leader - Family Economics Cell Phone Manners SBC Communications, which owns Pacific Bell Wireless in California and Cellular One in the East, surveyed over 2,600 Americans about cell phones. Advances in technology have not gotten rid of the need for politeness and responsibility. Tom Wheeler, President and CEO Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Today, families of all ages are very involved in activities outside the home, and may live in neighborhoods that contain only one age group, e.g. retired families, or families with young children.
Families are more mobile and more likely to be affected by family separations or divorce.
If you don't live nearby, use the phone, write or e-mail frequently. Plan visits as often as possible. Tailor your expectations to the age of the child. Read some parent education or child development books to better understand current child-rearing practices, and then learn what behavior and activities are characteristic of different ages. For example, children under 6 years of age like to have someone read to them and like to play pretend games.