Those of us involved in Cooperative Extension parent education need to know what kinds of information-if any-will help parents improve their ability to nurture and teach their children.This study partly addresses this question and tries to determine whether a mother's knowledge of child development and parenting practices affects her parenting skills.The subjects were 233 mothers of infants and young children, 15 months to 30 months old.The mothers were all from southern urban areas.Two-thirds were Black, one-third White.Eighty-nine percent reported poverty level incomes.
Dorothea Cudaback (Mon,) studied this question.