5 Things to Know about Parents’ Knowledge of Parenting and Early Childhood Development

To learn how parents prefer to receive information on early childhood development and parenting, Child Trends conducted diverse focus groups of first-time parents and then created a research-to-practice brief. The brief highlights five points the parents raised about their information-seeking preferences and behavior and the link between what parents know about parenting and child development and their behavior with their children. The study found that parents desired high-quality knowledge on early childhood development and parenting skills, and it noted their clear preferences on how they wanted to receive this information.