Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

Family involvement in a child’s life is crucial in child development and how they will be successful later in life. I read an interesting report on what it takes to help children be successful. “Don’t Forget the Families: "The Missing Piece in America’s Effort to Help All Children Succeed” The report is based on a study of 1,085 U.S. parenting adults of 3 to 13-year-olds. It focused on the importance of including families and building developmental relationships; how families are doing in building relationships and critical shifts for the future in helping children succeed. One of the subtopics that gained my attention in the report was "Reclaiming and Refocusing on Family Engagement". In my daily experiences sometimes it is hard to get parents involved in their children’s education because they are so busy and don’t have a lot of time.

This is think link to the site where you may read the entire research article. The article contains excellent information about the importance of families and the difference they make in their children's lives. It gives great indicators on what it takes to build relationships and demonstrates the outcomes of the positive effects it can have on children and their families.



http://www.search-institute.org/research/developmental-relationships/families


This is the link to the Search-Institute

http://www.search-institute.org/


References:

Pekel, K., Roehlkepartain, E. C., Syvertsen, A. K.,& Scales, P. C. (2015).

Don’t forget the families: The missing piece in America’s effort to help all children succeed.

Minneapolis, MN:Search Institute.

My Personal Research Journey

 

We always hear that children need quality early childhood education to be successful.  There are many programs available, but not all are quality programs. I decided to do research on how quality education affects or helps children later in life. One of my subtopics is having access to high-quality care access. Not all families can afford quality care. Families today live paycheck to paycheck and do not have access to high-quality, child care or education. They are forced to choose between getting the best care or education or leaving the paid workforce because they don't qualify for assistance. I chose this research because I want to be active in advocating all children to have access to high-quality early childhood education.     I look forward to researching this topic and providing any new information on quality child care and education.

I plan on developing a resource list that contains programs all over the country that are considered high-quality programs and to update the list as new information is received. I welcome any input or information that you have on this topic.

 My first resource for finding quality programs comes from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This link will redirect you to a page that will assist you in finding quality care in your area.

http://www.naeyc.org/academy/accreditation/search

Anita