Opvoednetwerken versterken het leerproces van ouders

Samenvatting

Dutch policies supporting parents in child rearing might take more notice of the ongoing learning process of parents. Through informal networks, parents support and advise each other and thus strengthen this learning process. However, parents sometimes lack adequate informal networks. For example, these networks may be too small to assist parents in coping with everyday questions. On the other hand, the questions parents face may be too complicated for other parents to answer. In both cases, the learning process of parents may stagnate. Policy makers should take notice of these different scenarios for stagnation in the parental learning process, and stimulate suitable forms of parental support.