The 1995 survey and earlier survey results are compared in five areas: the public's attitudes toward specific parenting behaviors; the frequency of various discipline practices; the public's optimism toward and involvement in child abuse prevention; the extent to which parents reported the receipt of home visitation and other supportive services around the birth of any of their children; and the public's perception of the Nation's child welfare system. Key findings included the following: physical punishment and repeated yelling and swearing continues to be viewed by the majority of respondents as detrimental to a child's well-being; there is continued ambivalence over the degree of harm that might be caused by physical punishment; public commitment to and involvement in preventing child abuse remain high; and an increasing percentage of families are receiving more comprehensive home visitation services. Tables, notes