I came across an interesting research done by Steven Levitt in his famous book Freakonomics. The research was conducted among kids and parents across schools in Chicago. The author analysis the way the parents raise their kids and its affect on the test scores of the kids.
The research throws up some very interesting insights and breaks the conventional wisdom of effective parenting. He says there are eight factors which help kids score better in their test scores and other set of eight factors which do not have any effect on their test scores.
The research throws up some very interesting insights and breaks the conventional wisdom of effective parenting. He says there are eight factors which help kids score better in their test scores and other set of eight factors which do not have any effect on their test scores.
8 Factors That Affect The Test Scores
1. The child has highly educated parents.
2. The child’s parents have high socioeconomic status.
3. The child’s mother was thirty or older at the time of her first child’s birth.
4. The child has low birthweight. (Negative Effect)
5. The child’s parents speak English in the home.
6. This child is adopted. (Negative Effect)
7. The child’s parents are involved in the PTA.
8. The child has many books in his home.
8 Factors That Do No Affect The Test Scores
1. The child’s family is intact.
2. The child’s parents recently moved into a better neighborhood.
3. The child’s mother didn’t work between birth and kindergarten.
4. The child attended Head Start.
5. The child’s parents regularly take him to museum.
6. The child is regularly spanked.
7. The child frequently watches television.
8. The child’s parents read to him nearly everyday.
To summarize, I think factors which are very important to keep in mind while raising the kids is highly educated parents, high economic status, speaking in English at home, loads of book at home and television should not be looked as child’s enemy but as a friend.
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