Interrelations Between the Preschool Child's Behavior and Certain Factors in the Home1

Is the home a clean, well-regulated one? Does it provide the child with sufficient opportunities for play and social contacts? Does it give the child the affection and security which he requires? Does it give him a chance to help himself?---It is such questions as these that the preschool specialist has learned to ask. The answers are seldom very specific, for there are few facts available on the relation between specific situations in the home.and specific types of behavior in the school. Such knowledge as is available has been gleaned largely from personal experiences. Research has lagged far behind practice in the attempt to seek relationships between the average child's behavior and the life he lives at home.