This study reports a new domain-specific measure of parental self-efficacy for maths (and reading skills) with 3–4-year-olds. 65 families in the UK were surveyed, and a sub-sample of 40 families also completed a remote child assessment session. (pdf)

New research findings reveal that parents' anxiety about mathematics can have a negative impact on their children's early numeracy skills, influencing their performance in the subject as they progress through school.

School attendance problems (SAPs) have implications for children’s and adolescents’ academic, social, and personal development. Previous research has mainly been conducted using quantitative methods. In the present study, the authors searched specific databases for studies reporting qualitative data representing the voices of children, parents, and school staff regarding SAPs in the Nordic countries. (pdf)

n this paper, we shed light on the mundane performance of market-logics in public educational settings by focusing on municipality websites in Skåne County, Sweden, that inform parents about local school choice policies and procedures. (pdf)

Through emotion socialization, parents shape their children’s emotional development. Parents’ characteristics determine how they do this. We investigated parents’ emotion regulation, belief in the importance of emotion talk, and emotion socialization in the form of emotion talk in relation to toddlers’ emotion regulation. (pdf)