School interventions have typically focused on academic and psychological outcomes for children, but can children carry positive effects home from school to influence their parents and home environments? Developmental research typically focuses on how parents influence development in their children, but this study flips this lens to ask whether children...
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The major purposes of this study were to describe paternal attitudes toward fathering and parent education and to then explore the relationships among these attitudes and interests. Specifically, the study attempted to relate traditional/developmental attitudes of fathers to: (1) expressed interests in knowing more about child rearing; (2) willingness to...
A two-sided story
Children can and do thrive under many different styles of parenting. The choice of an effective style is not a matter of “either/or,” but of finding a comfortable balance.
One of the concerns many parents have, for example, is whether to take a permissive or protective approach...
Certainly you care about your children. That’s why you’re reading this. And, like most parents, you probably make many sacrifices to feed, clothe, and educate your children. You may brag about them to anyone who will listen. Perhaps you even carry their pictures around to show off to your friends....
A family traditionally has been defined as a married couple with their own children, all sharing a common dwelling and dividing
work by gender. For example, the woman
takes care of the children inside the home and the man works outside the home. Few of today’s American families fit this...
The transition to kindergarten can be challenging for many children who do not have the necessary skills to meet the demands of classroom settings such as paying attention, remembering instructions, and demonstrating self-control. Children who lack the necessary behavioral regulation skills to meet the demands in the classroom environment are...
Published January 1996. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog