Parents' participation in cultural practices with their preschoolers

AUTOR(ES)

Tudge, Jonathan, Hayes, Sherrill, Doucet, Fabienne, Odero, Dolphine, Kulakova, Natasha, Tammeveski, Peeter, Meltsas, Marika, Soeun, Lee

FONTE

Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000-04

RESUMO

In this article we discuss cross-cultural similarities and variations in parents' engagement in the everyday activities in which their preschool-age children engage, focusing on mothers' and fathers' presence in the same setting as their children, the impact of their presence on the types of activities in which the children engaged, and the extent of mothers' and fathers' involvement with their children in those activities. The data were gathered from different societies - the United States, Korea, Russia, Estonia, and Kenya. They reveal that the children were involved primarily in play (more than in lessons, work, or conversation), and this was unaffected by the presence of either parent. However, parents were relatively less likely to be involved in their children's play than in the other activities. Mothers, not surprisingly, were more likely to be found in the same setting as their children and, even when taking account of their greater presence, were more likely to be involved with their children than were fathers.

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