Academic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children: Building on Family Strengths

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction: The Need to Take a Strengths-Based Approach to Facilitate Children's Educational Growth -- References -- 2 Latino and African-American Parental Resources, Investments, and Socialization Practices: Supporting Toddler's Language and Social Skills -- Theoretical Background -- Variability in Parental Investments -- Family Resources and Children's Language and Social Skills -- Parental Investments and Children's Language and Social Skills -- Parenting Practices and Children's Language and Social Skills -- Discipline -- Family Routines -- Current Study -- Methods -- Data Source -- Analytic Sample -- Measures -- Child Outcomes -- Home Environment -- Parenting Practices -- Control Variables -- Missing Data Analysis -- Data Analyses -- Results -- Descriptive Statistics -- Regression Analysis Predicting to Parental Investments -- Regression Analysis Predicting Children's Language Skills -- Regression Analysis Predicting to Children's Social Skills -- Discussion -- References -- 3 Concerted Cultivation Among Low-Income Black and Latino Families -- Parents' Academic Socialization -- Parents' Practices with their Children -- Parents' Goals and Beliefs About Children's Development -- Black and Latino Families' Socialization -- Reading and Math -- The Present Study -- Method -- Participants -- Procedures -- Measures -- Results -- Black Parents' Socialization of Reading and Math -- Frequency of Engagement in Reading and Math -- What Parents like and Look for in Children's Activities -- Latino Parents' Socialization of Reading and Math -- Frequency of Engagement in Reading and Math -- What Parents like and Look for in Children's Activities -- Comparison Between Black and Latino Families -- Summary -- Discussion -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References.