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A Cross-Cultural Examination of Parents' Book Selection & Shared Reading Practices in Spain and Israel
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Deborah Bergman Deitcher; Margarita Martín Martín; Dorit Aram – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: Cultural differences emerge in the home literacy environment and the nature of shared book-reading (SBR), yet the impact of culture on parents' book selection remains unexplored, despite the centrality of the book in SBR. Parents in Spain (n = 132) and Israel (n = 123), two Western countries with different cultural patterns,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Family Environment, Reading Material Selection
Parental Behaviors and Involvement in Children's Digital Activities among Israeli Jewish and Arab Families during the COVID-19 Lockdown
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Meoded Karabanov, Galia; Asaf, Merav; Ziv, Margalit; Aram, Dorit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The study explored everyday parenting behaviors and their relations to parents' involvement in their children's digital activities during the COVID-19 lockdown, among Israeli Jewish and Arab parents of young children. We studied parents' behaviors through the prism of the Parenting Pentagon Model (PPM), which integrates five…
Descriptors: Arabs, Jews, Parent Participation, COVID-19
Spotlight on the Family: Public Policy and Private Responsibility.
American Jewish Committee, New York, NY. – 1988
As a result of 18 months of deliberation on family policy issues pertaining to young children, the American Jewish Committee's Task Force on Family Policy put together this booklet. After an introductory foreword by E. Robert Goodkind, a paper by Steven Bayme, called "Current Debates and Challenges," outlines the range of issues…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Day Care, Divorce, Family Characteristics