Holly R. Sexton

TL;DR: Using data from a national multiethnic, longitudinal study of children, the authors examined the process of how parents' educational attainment is related to children's achievement through the beliefs and behaviors of parents and how this influence varies by race/ethnicity.

TL;DR: It was found that most subconstructs of externalizing behavior increased significantly across the early school age period relative to middle childhood and early adolescence, but overt aggression did not show early positive growth, and emotion dysregulation significantly increased across middle childhood.

TL;DR: It is suggested that parents play a role in sustaining positive benefits of the Head Start program for children's behavior and literacy skills, one that could be enhanced with a greater emphasis on parent involvement and education.

TL;DR: This article examined the reading and math achievement trajectories of children born to adolescent and non-adolescent mothers with various levels of educational attainment and found that higher levels of maternal education predicted children's higher initial achievement at kindergarten and growth in achievement through eighth grade.