«Past studies have
looked at the effects
of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating
at two
levels of the family
system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child
at the receiving end
of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair
of Early Child Development and
Education at the University
of Toronto, who led the team.
More specifically,
at the
systems level, the evaluators are
looking at coordination and collaboration among state agencies, development
of a unified early childhood data
system, and
system sustainability in evolving health care and early
education environments.