Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers' Beliefs and Practices Concerning Children's School Readiness

• Published in: Early education and development Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 128 - 151
• Main Authors: Jahromi, Laudan B., Bravo, Diamond Y., Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J., Updegraff, Kimberly A., Hinman, Jocelyn A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Academic readiness; Adolescents; Child Development; Children & youth; Early childhood education; Early Parenthood; Economic Factors; Educational Attainment; Emotional Development; Family Environment; Hispanic people; Kindergarten students; Longitudinal Studies; Mexican Americans; Mother Attitudes; Mothers; Parent-child relations; Parents & parenting; Reading Attitudes; School Readiness; Social Development; Surveys; Teenage parents; adolescent mothers; academic socialization; school readiness; parenting daily hassles; transition to kindergarten

Research Findings: Parents' academic socialization of their young children is a critical yet understudied area, especially in the context of vulnerable parent-child dyads. The current longitudinal study examined factors that informed mothers' beliefs and practices concerning children'...