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Van Voorhis, Frances L.; Maier, Michelle F.; Epstein, Joyce L.; Lloyd, Chrishana M. – MDRC, 2013
This report summarizes research conducted primarily over the past 10 years on how families' involvement in children's learning and development through activities at home and at school affects the literacy, mathematics, and social-emotional skills of children ages 3 to 8. A total of 95 studies of family involvement are reviewed. These include both…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Young Children, Family School Relationship, Intervention
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Eiser, C.; Eiser, J. R.; Mayhew, A. G.; Gibson, A. T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Relationships between child quality of life (QOL), maternal well-being and parenting were explored in a questionnaire study. Method: Mothers of 126 full-term (FT) and 91 pre-term (PT) infants during the child's second year of life completed measures of their own and the child's quality of life and behavioural difficulties. We developed…
Descriptors: Caring, Mothers, Prevention, Parenting Styles