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Lam, Gigi – Education, 2014
A socio-psychological analytical framework will be adopted to illuminate the relation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement. The framework puts the emphasis to incorporate micro familial factors into macro factor of the tracking system. Initially, children of the poor families always lack major prerequisite: diminution of cognitive…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Family Influence
Reeves, Richard V.; Howard, Kimberly – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2013
The parenting gap is a big factor in the opportunity gap. The chances of upward social mobility are lower for children with parents struggling to do a good job--in terms of creating a supportive and stimulating home environment. Children lucky enough to have strong parents are more likely to succeed at all the critical life stages, which means…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Skills, Parenting Styles, Family Income
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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Dearing, Eric; Kreider, Holly; Wimer, Chris; Caronongan, Pia; Weiss, Heather B. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
In this study, we identified unique clusters of parenting behaviors based on parents' school involvement, community involvement, rule-setting, and cognitive stimulation with data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement. In early (n = 668) and middle adolescence (n = 634), parents who provided high cognitive stimulation…
Descriptors: Family Income, Adolescents, Child Development, Adjustment (to Environment)