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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

Learn more about each section in “What’s Measured”