How It Works
Content
The Family Map Interviews are available for different age groups.
- Early Childhood (for families of children 3 to 5 years)
- Infants and Toddlers (for families of children from birth to 3 years)
- Prenatal (for expectant mothers)
Each interview question is research based. Interviews are divided into these 12 sections targeting home and parenting practices that support children:
- Self-Support: Language in the home, education, employment, family support and parenting experience
- Routines: Housing stability, daily routines, TV use, and child sleep habits
- School Readiness: Materials for play and learning, reading and books, parent and others who play and encourage learning with their child, child experiences outside the home
- Monitoring: Parent daily supervision, care at night and childcare by others
- Environmental Safety: Neighborhood safety, child exposure to violence
- Family Cohesion: Family conflict and cohesion, parenting stress
- Discipline: Use of punishment and discipline practices
- Health: Physical and emotional health, health care access and use, preventive health activities of parent, depression, exposure to alcohol and drug use
- Basic Needs: Household expenses, food access, and nutrition
- Home and Car Safety: Vehicle safety practices, fire and smoke safety, child access to dangerous materials and poisons
- Social Integration: Support of parent by other adults, parental community engagement
- Parent-Child Warmth: Parent responsiveness and support of the child