I examine whether the effect of parents' education on children's educational achievement and attainment varies by family structure and, if so, whether this can be explained by differential parenting practices. Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, I find that as parents' education increases, children in single mother families experience a lower boost in their achiev...

Through naturalistic observational procedures, this study examined the dynamics of individualized education program (IEP) conferences. Participants present, the nature a n d frequency of topics discussed, and the length of conferences were considered. A followup questionnaire was administered to all conference participants to measure satisfaction. Results indicated that the IEP conferences stud...

OBJECTIVE To determine the level of child safety seat (CSS) and airbag safety knowledge in parents who utilize emergency care services for their children and to determine factors that influence knowledge of safe transportation of children. METHODS A prospective survey study was conducted in a 42 000-visit-per-year Level I trauma center and emergency department (ED) in Southern California from...

Previous research has shown that school enrollment in developing countries responds to the changes in return to education generated by a change in demand in the export sector, that pays higher wages for a given skill level. Using data from Mexico, I show that the negative effects of a lower return to education are not limited to lower rates of school enrollment. Parents also respond to a decrea...

BACKGROUND Research suggests that referral practices of teachers in regular education are not only affected by the level of learning difficulties but also by student behaviour and the level of students' parental involvement in education. It was hypothesized that teachers maintain a notion of the 'ideal' student, who has relatively good academic skills, is well behaved and has highly involved pa...

The study aimed to identify the role of Jordanian family in moral education its children from perspective parents’, and find out impact variables; responder variables, parents’ level education, number members, housing region on family’s children. adopted descriptive developmental approach, sample consists (4000) fathers mothers society. A questionnaire was designed as perceived by parents. inst...

BACKGROUND Level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among the parents of pre-school children plays an important role on maintaining the good oral hygiene of their children. In Nepal, sufficient research has not been carried out on this area. OBJECTIVE Objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge on oral hygiene of preschool children's parents attending pediatric outpatient dep...

PURPOSE Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibility study to assess environmental and parenting influences on preschooler physical activity (PA) (Niños Activos), the aim of this study was to identify what parents do to encourage or discourage PA among Hispanic 3-5 year old children to inform the development of a new PA parenting practice instrum...

This study examines the direct and indirect effects of home numeracy literacy environment, parental factors (parental reading math difficulties, education) on development several early skills. The 265 participating Finnish children were assessed four times between ages 2.5 6.5. Children’s skills in counting objects, number production, sequence knowledge, symbol naming, vocabulary, print letter ...