Home Parenting Environment and Executive Function Development in 5- to 6-Year-Old Children: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study Using Multivariate Latent Growth Modeling

Editorial reading guide · Independence

Which parts of the home routine let my child practise remembering and switching tasks?

This article examines how different aspects of the home environment track executive function between ages five and six. The independence lens asks which demands children can already manage and where practice or adult support still matters.

Who was studied?

Children from Yancheng, China, assessed three times at six-month intervals.

Age / stage: Ages 5–6

Read with three questions

1. What does the article establish about how different aspects of the home environment track executive function between ages five and six?
2. Which measurements came first, and what changes between waves could also explain the pattern?
3. How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is children from Yancheng, China, assessed three times at six-month intervals.

Keep the limits in view

Following families over time helps establish the order of measurements. Other changing experiences could still account for the associations.