This article focuses on different ways in which socially disadvantaged parents engage with their children's educational experiences, and provides evidence of the role they play in opening or narrowing their children's access to education. Disadvantaged parents are usually associated with weak or difficult educational trajectories for their…

Describes a study that examined parental involvement in kindergarten in Poland and that is part of an international project based on Bronfenbrenner's theory of the ecology of human development. Details parents' opinions about kindergarten and their expectations of both teachers and the setting in which their child has been placed. (BB)