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The Causal Effect of Parenting Style on Early Child Development. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-996

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Title: The Causal Effect of Parenting Style on Early Child Development. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-996
Language: English
Authors: Margaret Leighton, Anitha Martine, Julius Massaga, Emmanuel Bunzari, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2024.
Availability: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 44
Publication Date: 2024
Sponsoring Agency: Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Development, Young Children, Age Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Program Effectiveness, Rural Areas
Geographic Terms: Tanzania
Abstract: This paper presents causal evidence on the impact of parenting practices on early child development. We exploit exogenous changes in nurturing care induced by a parent training intervention to estimate the impact of nurturing parenting practices on child outcomes. We find a large and significant impact measured at age two; in contrast, at age four nurturing care has only a modest, and imprecisely estimated, impact on child outcomes. This is despite the fact that the intervention induced substantial changes in parenting practices at both ages. The differential relationship between child development and nurturing care at ages two and four explains the fade-out in treatment effects for the intervention as a whole: although parents continued to respond, their response no longer had the intended effect on child outcomes. [Additional funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.]
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: ED658294
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper presents causal evidence on the impact of parenting practices on early child development. We exploit exogenous changes in nurturing care induced by a parent training intervention to estimate the impact of nurturing parenting practices on child outcomes. We find a large and significant impact measured at age two; in contrast, at age four nurturing care has only a modest, and imprecisely estimated, impact on child outcomes. This is despite the fact that the intervention induced substantial changes in parenting practices at both ages. The differential relationship between child development and nurturing care at ages two and four explains the fade-out in treatment effects for the intervention as a whole: although parents continued to respond, their response no longer had the intended effect on child outcomes. [Additional funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.]