Increases children's coping skills through opportunities to care for themselves, help with household chores, care for others, structure their time, etc. Decreases parents' and children's stereotypes related to women and their social roles. Increases children's knowledge of various careers. Parents bring negative attitudes, frustrations, etc., from work to home and fail to set aside work-related anger and frustration. Parents talk excessively about work at home.
Parents go out often on weekends and evenings.
How to Cope High levels of parent contact are related to high child self-esteem and good academic performance. Act in a loving manner. Express enjoyment in parenting. Accept child's strengths and weaknesses. Treat child respectfully.