Parental goals and talk with toddlers
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Rowe, Meredith L., and Allison Casillas. 2010. “Parental Goals and Talk with Toddlers.” Infant and Child Development 20 (5) (October 6): 475–494.Abstract
Myriad studies support a relation between parental beliefs andbehaviours. This study adds to the literature by focusing on the
specific relationship between parental goals and their communication
with toddlers. Do parents with different goals talk about different
topics with their children? Parents’ goals for their 30-month olds
were gathered using semi-structured interviews with 47 primary
caregivers, whereas the topics of conversations that took place during
interactions were investigated via coding videotapes of observations
in the home. Parents’ short- and long-term goals spanned several
areas, including educational, social–emotional, developmental and
pragmatic goals. Parental utterances most frequently focused on
pragmatic issues, followed by play and academic topics. Parents who
mentioned long-term educational goals devoted more of their talk to
academic topics and less to pragmatic topics, controlling for socioeconomic
status. Thus, parental goals differ and these differences
relate to the conversations parents engage in with their children.
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