Managing Childhood: Variations in Parental Monitoring of Children's Activities Outside the Home

学龄儿童一生中很重要的一部分是在家庭之外度过的。父母在组织和监督孩子的课外活动方面起着至关重要的作用，但对这一作用的研究却很少。本研究计划项目旨在研究父母在选择、监督和干预儿童有组织的家庭以外的休闲活动方面的行为，以增加我们对社会化过程的理解，拓宽我们对家庭生活的看法。本项目规划期间的目标是选择研究地点，预先测试对家庭和参与儿童活动的成年人的采访和观察，制定在家庭中拍摄家庭录像的战略，并准备固定回答的调查问卷。这个研究计划项目为研究奠定了基础，该研究将提供有关父母如何利用其社会资源来帮助子女取得成绩的宝贵信息。这个项目也为一位有前途的年轻学者提供了一个很好的机会，为她未来的研究方向奠定基础。

School-aged children live important parts of their lives outside the home. Parents play a critical role in structuring and monitoring their children's activities outside the home, yet there has been little examination of this role. This research planning project will to develop a plan to examine parents' actions in choosing, supervising and intervening in children's organized leisure activities outside of the home in order to increase our understanding of the socialization process and broaden our view of family life. The goals of the planning period for this project are the selection of research sites, pre-testing of interviews and observations of families and of adults involved in children's activities, the development of strategies for videotaping families in their homes, and preparation for the fixed-response survey questionnaire. This research planning project sets the stage for research that will provide valuable information about the way in which parents bring their social resources to bear in assisting their children's performance. This project also provides an excellent opportunity for a promising young scholar to carefully lay the groundwork for her future line of research.