The Collaboration for Health, Activity, and Nutrition in Children's Environments (CHANCE): A Program Integrating Parenting and Nutrition Behavioral Education Improves Food, Active Play, and Parenting Practices in Low‐income Families

Objective. The aim was to investigate the influence of feeding styles and food parenting practices on low-income children’s weight status over time.Method. Participants were 129 Latina parents and their Head Start children participating in a longitudinal study. Children were assessed at baseline (4 to 5 years old) and again eighteen months later. At each time point, parents completed questionnaires and height and weight measures were taken on the child.Results. The indulgent feeding style (parent-report at baseline) was associated with increased child BMIz-score eighteen months later compared to other feeding styles. Authoritative, authoritarian, and uninvolved feeding styles were not significantly associated with increased child BMIz-score. Child BMIz-score at Time 1 (strongest) and maternal acculturation were positive predictors of child BMIz-score at Time 2. Maternal use of restriction positively predicted and maternal monitoring negatively predicted Time 2 BMIz-score, but only when accounting for feeding styles.Conclusion. This is the first study to investigate the impact of feeding styles on child weight status over time. Results suggest that indulgent feeding predicts later increases in children’s weight status. The interplay between feeding styles and food parenting practices in influencing child weight status needs to be further explored.

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Collaboration for Health, Activity and Nutrition in Children's Environments (CHANCE): Helping Low-Income Parents Prevent Childhood Overweight

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2009.03.043 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. S36-S37 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Megan Lent ◽

Jamie Dollahite ◽

Katherine Dickin ◽

Tisa Fontaine Hill

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Childhood Overweight ◽

Children's Environments ◽

Children’S Environments

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Parenting practices focusing on literacy: a study of cultural capital of kindergarten and first-grade students from low-income families

Early Child Development and Care ◽

10.1080/03004430.2017.1328416 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 189 (3) ◽

pp. 500-512

Author(s):

Kathryn E. Bojczyk ◽

Heather Rogers Haverback ◽

Hye K. Pae ◽

Marcy Hairston ◽

Christa D. Haring

Keyword(s):

Cultural Capital ◽

Low Income ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

First Grade ◽

Low Income Families

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Internet Supervision and Parenting in the Digital Age: The Case of Shanghai

The Open Family Studies Journal ◽

10.2174/18749224015070100112 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 112-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yu Cheung Wong ◽

Kit Mui Ho ◽

Honglin Chen

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Household Survey ◽

The Internet ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Parenting Confidence ◽

Multiple Regression Models ◽

Low Income Families ◽

Authoritative Parenting Style ◽

Families With Children

This research paper explored the issue of parenting confidence in internet supervision in Shanghai. It examined the methods used by Shanghai parents in supervising children’s Internet use, the confidence of parents in helping children to benefit from the Internet and protect them from possible threats, and the factors affecting parents’ confidence in their parenting practices. Data were collected from a household survey with a representative sample of 796 low-income families and 799 non-low-income families. Post-stratified weighting was applied to obtain representation of families with children aged 9-17 in Shanghai. Our findings show that Shanghai parents used restriction most frequently in internet supervision. More than one-fifth of parents had limited confidence in helping their children benefit from the Internet and one-eighth in protecting their children from possible Internet threats. Multiple regression models show that better Internet knowledge, an authoritative parenting style, more involvement in children’s online activities and a positive attitude towards the Internet are factors which were associated with higher parenting confidence in internet supervision. Findings suggest that efforts in assisting parents review their attitude towards the Internet and learn new supervision methods are important, especially for parents on the lower socio-economic strata.

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The Influence of College Education on Children and Parents in Low-Income Families

10.31234/osf.io/wa8ze ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Lauren Tighe ◽

Pamela Davis-Kean

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Developmental Psychology ◽

College Education ◽

Educational Expectations ◽

Children And Parents ◽

Children's Achievement ◽

Low Income Families ◽

College Educated ◽

High Educational

Research in developmental psychology often contains samples where education and income are highly related. This study examines characteristics of low-income families who have at least one parent with a college education and how their children’s achievement and parenting practices compare to other types of families. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study ‘98, 768 families were identified as low-income and college-educated. The majority of parents were White, working, and married, with high educational expectations. Children from low-income, college-educated families scored higher on achievement tests compared to children from low-income, less-educated and high-income, less-educated families. Compared to these same two types of families, low-income, college-educated parents were more involved in school and home activities, such as taking their child to libraries. The present findings extend understanding of, and confront common stereotypes about, families living in or near poverty. Even when lacking financial resources, education may provide a protective buffer for low-income families.

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