Parents and More: The Multidimensional Factors Involved in Children's Cognitive Achievements

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Title: Parents and More: The Multidimensional Factors Involved in Children's Cognitive Achievements
Language: English
Authors: Edna Orr (ORCID 0000-0002-1652-2861), Rinat Caspi
Source: Child Care in Practice. 2025 31(1):85-102.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Children, Parents, Work Life Expectancy, Outcomes of Education, Correlation, Individual Characteristics, Age, Employment, Parent Child Relationship, Home Study, Instructional Materials, Mothers, Fathers, Gender Differences, Educational Background, Age Differences, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Israel
DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2022.2084366
ISSN: 1357-5279
1476-489X
Abstract: The association between parents' work-family conflicts and children's academic outcomes is an understudied topic. The present research investigates the role of quadratic measures--parental working hours' scale, parental age, parental interaction quality, and learning materials at home--in children's cognitive outcomes. It employs a community sample of 91 children aged 4-5 years, their parents and their kindergarten teachers. The results indicate that parents' interaction quality and learning materials at home are the main factors affecting children's academic outcomes. Notably, mothers provide higher interaction quality than fathers. Parental education and age play roles in children's academic outcomes, but probably in a less direct manner and likely indirectly through learning materials. "Working hours" is a factor associated with the interaction quality affecting mothers to a higher degree. The results are discussed in terms of resource allocation modality; they emphasize the importance of parental interaction quality in shaping children's cognitive environment and development.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1464083
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The association between parents' work-family conflicts and children's academic outcomes is an understudied topic. The present research investigates the role of quadratic measures--parental working hours' scale, parental age, parental interaction quality, and learning materials at home--in children's cognitive outcomes. It employs a community sample of 91 children aged 4-5 years, their parents and their kindergarten teachers. The results indicate that parents' interaction quality and learning materials at home are the main factors affecting children's academic outcomes. Notably, mothers provide higher interaction quality than fathers. Parental education and age play roles in children's academic outcomes, but probably in a less direct manner and likely indirectly through learning materials. "Working hours" is a factor associated with the interaction quality affecting mothers to a higher degree. The results are discussed in terms of resource allocation modality; they emphasize the importance of parental interaction quality in shaping children's cognitive environment and development.
ISSN:1357-5279
1476-489X
DOI:10.1080/13575279.2022.2084366