Being a good parent - Views of Czech parents of home preparation of pupils at the beginning of school attendance

Abstract

Being a good parent: Attitudes of Czech parents to assisting with children’s homework at the beginning of compulsory education. The topic of this paper is the issue of parent involvement in home preparation at the beginning of compulsory education. The paper is the result of qualitative research conducted by interview with parents of pupils in their first and second years of primary school in the Czech Republic. The main aim was to describe and explain how Czech parents perceive and interpret their role in their child’s home preparation as well how this role is reflected in their understanding of parenthood. The results show that parents realise their significant role in home preparation. Parents experience the obligations connected with home preparation for school as a pressure related to providing good-quality support for their child’s school career. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.