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Pomerantz, Eva M.; Wang, Qian; Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin – Developmental Psychology, 2005
This research investigated mothers' affect in the context of children's homework. Mothers (N=109) of children 8 to 12 years old were interviewed daily about their affect while interacting with children, their assistance with children's homework, and children's behavior while completing homework. At this time and 6 months later, children's…
Descriptors: Mothers, Homework, Affective Behavior, Emotional Response
Dichele, Anne M. – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2006
Contemporary American culture has taken on protecting children from the consequences of their own actions so much that parents are raising children for whom being responsible for one's own actions and one's own work is anathema to "good parenting." Unlike the culture of the past, many parents spend hours on end with their children under…
Descriptors: Homework, Federal Legislation, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement