| Title: |
Father's Engagement in Young Children's Literacy in 2024 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Iulia Moisi; Tracy Jackson; Irene Picton; Christina Clark; National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom) |
| Source: |
National Literacy Trust. 2025. |
| Availability: |
National Literacy Trust. Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ, UK. Tel: +44-2078-282435; Fax: +44-2079-319986; e-mail: contact@literacytrust.org.uk; Web site: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
11 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Fathers; Parent Role; Parent Participation; Emergent Literacy; Language Acquisition; Mothers; Barriers; Parent Child Relationship; Learning Activities; Incidence; Gender Differences |
| Abstract: |
Fathers today are more involved in their children's lives than ever before, and their engagement in early learning activities like playing, reading, singing, drawing and visiting parks or libraries supports children's emotional, cognitive and educational development, as well as their early language and literacy skills. This report revisits and updates what is known about fathers' engagement in their children's early language and literacy. The National Literacy Trust commissioned Survation in June 2024 to conduct a survey of parents of children from birth to the age of five across the United Kingdom to explore parents' engagement in key early learning activities. This report focuses on fathers' responses, which were compared with results to surveys from 2019 and 2021. Findings reveal a downward trend in daily engagement by both mothers and fathers. Several factors are likely to have influenced parents' abilities to support their child's early learning and literacy in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, and challenges in the early years workforce. Given the lasting benefits of shared father-child engagement in early learning, these findings underscore the need to encourage and support it both at home and in the community. |
| Abstractor: |
ERIC |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED675299 |
| Database: |
ERIC |