Parenting that encourages age-appropriate independence and uses authoritative practices may support early academic and social-emotional competencies¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

Based on the study's findings, the authors conclude that "parenting that aims to encourage age-appropriate independence in young children and that relies on authoritative practices may promote the development of children's early academic and social-emotional competencies, with positive effects on academic achievement in later years." Parenting practices are described as a particularly important malleable factor among low-income families because they may buffer children from socioeconomic challenges. This strategy targets mothers of young Latino children during the transition to formal schooling.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Parenting practices that are malleable and can be targeted in interventions supporting academic success

Constraints¶

• The article reports associations from a longitudinal observational design; causality cannot be inferred
• The authoritarian/authoritative typology is a Westernized measure whose applicability to Latino families has been questioned

Target Learners¶

• Young Latino children (pre-k through first grade) from low-income families

Target Learning Goals¶

• Early academic competencies
• Social-emotional school readiness

Affordances¶

• Cultural Framework Latino Parenting Achievement

Claims¶

• Authoritative parenting is associated with better social-emotional and academic school readiness in Mexican and Dominican American students [+W]
• Authoritarian parenting is associated with more problem behaviors, fewer adaptive behaviors, and lower academic readiness [+W]
• Academic readiness and adaptive behaviors at school entry predict higher academic achievement at the end of first grade [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Kim Yeonwoo, Calzada Esther J., Barajas-Gonzalez R. Gabriela, Huang Keng-Yen, Brotman Laurie M., Castro Ashley, Pichardo Catherine. (2018). The Role of Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting in the Early Academic Achievement of Latino Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000192