Parental Influence on the Developing Learning Skills of Children I) Introduction Through the years many psychologists have been interested in the effects that parents have on their children’s learning abilities. Several studies have been done and many have found that parents do indeed positively affect their children’s cognitive abilities. Many of these studies have only found correlations, however, and not causation. This paper summarizes three of these studies and analyzes them to determine …showed first 75 words of 2104 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2104 total…The child then becomes frustrated because he or she is not receiving the attention that they think they deserve. This would then lead the child to becoming distracted and less task oriented because he/she might figure what is the point of learning, depressed because they aren’t getting attention so they might think the teacher doesn’t care, and less considerate toward other children because the child believes they are taking the attention away.