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Reshaping Parental Ethnotheories of Dutch-Moroccan Immigrant Parents in the Netherlands: Networking in Multiple Worlds
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de Haan, Mariëtte; Koeman, Marije; de Winter, Micha – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Ethnotheories of immigrant parents residing in the Netherlands are reshaped in response to the multiple and diverse educational practices they come in contact with after migration. Network analyses of "parenting relationships" of first generation Dutch-Moroccan parents living in the Netherlands show that they borrow from diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parenting Styles, Cultural Influences
Recent Findings on Peer Group Influences on Adolescent Smoking
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Simons-Morton, Bruce G.; Farhat, Tilda – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2010
This review addresses peer group influences on adolescent smoking with a particular focus on recently published longitudinal studies that have investigated the topic. Specifically, we examine the theoretical explanations for how social influence works with respect to adolescent smoking; discuss the association between peer and adolescent smoking;…
Descriptors: Socialization, Smoking, Prevention, Parenting Styles
(Re)Considering Normal: Queering Social Norms for Parents and Teachers
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Bower, Laura; Klecka, Cari – Teaching Education, 2009
Recent debates regarding same-sex marriage and gay and lesbian adoption highlight the role of schools as sociopolitical institutions. Accordingly, teachers operating within social norms have considerable influence through their interactions with students and their families. Previous research points to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Child Rearing, Sexual Orientation, Parent School Relationship
Early Childhood Transitions Research: A Review of Concepts, Theory, and Practice. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No. 48
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Vogler, Pia; Crivello, Gina; Woodhead, Martin – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
Children face many important changes in the first eight years of life, including different learning centres, social groups, roles and expectations. Their ability to adapt to such a dynamic and evolving environment directly affects their sense of identity and status within their community over the short and long term. In particular, the key turning…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Change, Child Development
The American Father: Biocultural and Developmental Aspects. The Plenum Series in Adult Development and Aging.
Mackey, Wade C. – 1996
Many current social and political developments, such as no-fault divorce and voluntary single motherhood, have systematically eroded the father's role in American family life. In the face of these and other challenges to the traditional concept of fatherhood, an essential question is raised: Why would an American man still want to be a social…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Parents and the Dynamics of Child Rearing.
Holden, George W. – 1997
This book, designed for advanced courses on parent-child relationships, examines scientific evidence concerning parents' effect on children's development. Chapter 1, "The Development of Child-Rearing Research: From Mere Beliefs to a More Dynamic Perspective," discusses the beginnings of and current trends in child rearing research and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing