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Campbell, Fernanda Q.; Patil, Pratima A. – Boston Foundation, 2019
Over the past three years, the Boston Birth to Eight Collaborative has convened more than 200 individuals and organizations from across the early childhood field--center and family-based providers, pediatricians, public health researchers, hospitals, family engagement organizations, and parents--to ensure all children are ready for sustained…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Supply and Demand, Child Care
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Gilmore, Linda; Cuskelly, Monica; Purdie, Nola – Early Education and Development, 2003
Forty-three children participated in a longitudinal study of mastery motivation. Children's levels of mastery motivation (persistence) and cognitive functioning were measured at ages 2 and 8. In addition, academic achievement was measured at age 8. Task persistence was stable across time for girls only, but maternal reports of mastery motivation…
Descriptors: Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Persistence, Motivation
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Brown, Joe H.; Portes, Pedro R. – Journal of School Counseling, 2006
The present paper discusses some of the current issues confronting practitioners and researchers in understanding gender differences in children's adjustment to divorce. Gender differences in children's developmental adjustment to divorce are influenced by pre and post divorce development processes, parent expectation and children's coping…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Child Development, Parent Influence, Expectation