The Socialization of Children’s Moral Understanding in the Context of Everyday Discourse

Laible, Deborah; Karahuta, Erin; Norden, Clare Van; Interra, Victoria; Stout, Wyntre

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190638696.013.20

Cited by 8 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Research on parents of young children has found that mothers who have higher empathic concern are more responsive to their children (Manczak, 2017) and provide higher quality support (de Oliveira & Jackson, 2017). Research has also found that mothers with high empathic concern engage in more emotion-based discourse with children (Laible et al, 2019) and the current study extends this finding to include discourse during JME. It is likely that empathic concern helps caregivers to notice the emotions of both the characters on the screen and their own child, creating an atmosphere of reciprocity and guided learning that facilitates high-quality discourse and emotional, social, and moral socialization (Grusec & Davidov, 2010).…”

Section: Parent and Child Characteristics As Predictors Of Jmesupporting

confidence: 64%

“…When observed, parents with higher empathic concern have stronger relationships with their children, better attune to their children's needs (Manczak, 2017), and provide higher quality support during joint problem solving tasks (de Oliveira & Jackson, 2017). Though we are not aware of research that has linked parental empathic concern to frequency or quality of JME, research has found that emotion-related discourse (e.g., conversations about the child's own emotions, or those of others) is especially important for children's moral and emotional development (Laible et al, 2019). It follows that mothers who have high levels of empathic concern may engage in high-quality emotion-based discourse more readily and would also have higher and richer interactions during JME.…”

Section: Parental Empathic Concern and Responsivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second goal of the current study was to explore parent and child correlates of JME. In terms of parent characteristics, the current study considered both parental empathic concern and responsiveness as predictors of JME, postulating that parents who were more emotionally sensitive (Laible et al, 2019) and who were more responsive to their child's needs (Putallaz & Heflin, 1990) would also engage in higher levels of quality discourse while co-viewing media. Our hypotheses were only partially supported, suggesting that parental empathic concern (but not responsiveness) was associated with both parent and child positive engagement.…”

Section: Parent and Child Characteristics As Predictors Of Jmementioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Parent–child joint media engagement in infancy

Padilla‐Walker

Coyne

Booth

et al. 2020

Infancy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Early conversations are an important source in shaping children's cognitive and emotional development, and it is vital to understand how parents use media as a platform to engage in conversations with their young children and what might predict the quality of these interactions. Thus, in the current study we explored the nature of parent–child discourse while engaging in media (i.e., joint media engagement) with infants, and how parent (empathic concern and responsiveness) and child (negative emotionality and regulatory capacity) variables might be associated with the quality of engagement. The current study consisted of 269 infants (50% female, Mage = 17.09 months, SD = 3.93; 59% White) and their primary caregiver (98% mothers) who engaged in a variety of in‐home tasks and parental questionnaires. Results established three meaningful codes for both parent and child that assessed positive and negative joint media engagement. Further, results suggested that parental empathic concern was associated with positive parent and child media engagement, while child negative emotionality was associated with lower levels of distraction. Discussion focuses on the importance of studying parent–child discourse in the context of joint media engagement and recommends limiting media exposure before 18 months of age.

show abstract

Section: Parent and Child Characteristics As Predictors Of Jmesupporting

confidence: 64%

Section: Parental Empathic Concern and Responsivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Parent and Child Characteristics As Predictors Of Jmementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Parent–child joint media engagement in infancy

Padilla‐Walker

Coyne

Booth

et al. 2020

Infancy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Decades of research have established that parent-child discourse is a powerful context for children's social and moral development, including the internalization of parental values regarding prosociality, empathy, and equality (see Laible et al, 2019;Wainryb & Recchia, 2014). Parents support children's developing social-emotional skills-including theory of mind and empath-by drawing attention to and openly discussing the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs (i.e., mental states) of other people (Tompkins et al, 2018).…”

Section: Evidence From Parent-child Discourse Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families

Perry¹,

Skinner-Dorkenoo²,

Abaied³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Popular press articles have advocated for parent-child conversations about race to prevent children from developing racial biases, yet empirical investigations of the impact of racial socialization in White families in the U.S. are scarce. Scott et al. (2020) warn that, given the lack of empirical evidence, parents might actually do more harm than good by talking to their children about race. In this comment, we draw upon the literature on (1) racial socialization, (2) parenting and parent-child discourse, and (3) the role of nonverbal communication in parental socialization to inform our understanding of parents’ ability to engage in race-related conversations in the absence of empirical guidance. We also highlight emerging evidence of the potential benefits of these conversations (even if parents are uncomfortable). In sum, the wealth of existing literature suggests that parents can successfully navigate challenging conversations with their children—which tends to result in better outcomes for children than avoiding those conversations. Thus, although we support Scott et al.’s call for researchers to develop more empirical research, we part with the authors’ assertion that White parents should wait to have these conversations with their children—we believe that the time to begin talking is now.

show abstract

“…Decades of research have established that parent–child discourse is a powerful context for children’s social and moral development, including the internalization of parental values regarding prosociality, empathy, and equality (see Laible et al, 2019; Wainryb & Recchia, 2014). Parents support children’s developing social-emotional skills—including theory of mind and empathy—by drawing attention to and openly discussing the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs (i.e., mental states) of other people (Tompkins et al, 2018).…”

Section: Evidence From Parent–child Discourse Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families

Perry¹,

Skinner-Dorkenoo

Abaied

et al. 2021

Perspect Psychol Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Popular press articles have advocated for parent–child conversations about race and racism to prevent children from developing racial biases, yet empirical investigations of the impact of racial socialization in White U.S. families are scarce. In an article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science in 2020, Scott et al. warned that, given the lack of empirical evidence, parents might actually do more harm than good by talking to their children about race. In this comment, we draw upon the literature on (a) racial socialization, (b) parenting and parent–child discourse, and (c) the role of nonverbal communication in parental socialization to inform our understanding of parents’ ability to engage in race-related conversations in the absence of empirical guidance. We also highlight emerging evidence of the potential benefits of these conversations (even if parents are uncomfortable). In sum, the wealth of existing literature suggests that parents can successfully navigate challenging conversations with their children—which tends to result in better outcomes for children than avoiding those conversations. Thus, although we support Scott et al.’s call for researchers to develop more empirical research, we part with the authors’ assertion that researchers need to wait for more sufficient evidence before providing recommendations to White parents—we believe that the time for White families to begin talking about race and racism is now.

show abstract

The Socialization of Children’s Moral Understanding in the Context of Everyday Discourse

Cited by 8 publications

References 0 publications

Parent–child joint media engagement in infancy

Parent–child joint media engagement in infancy

Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families

Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About