The Role of Parent Education and Parenting Knowledge in Children's Language and Literacy Skills among White, Black, and Latino Families

• DOI: 10.1002/icd.1924
• Publication Date: 2015-05-25T15:05:42Z
• Authors: Meredith L. Rowe; Nicole Denmark; Brenda Jones Harden; Laura M. Stapleton
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; 10. No inequality

This study investigated the role of parenting knowledge infant development in children's subsequent language and pre‐literacy skills among White, Black Latino families varying socioeconomic status. Data come from 6,150 participants Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort. Mothers' was measured when children were 9 months old, child during fall preschool year prior to Kindergarten approximately four years old. uniquely related both maternal education race/ethnicity. Reported sources information/advice also varied by race/ ethnicity knowledge. Further, controlling for demographic factors, partially mediated relation between parent skills, this differed One way eliminate status achievement gaps early literacy may be focus on parents' development, particularly families. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.