A new study by BYU and University of Notre Dame researchers found that there is not a significant loss of parent time when children attend full-day kindergarten compared to children who attend school half days.
On school days, children in full-day kindergarten only spend 57 minutes less with their mothers each day compared to half-day kindergarten peers, according to the study published in July by the Annenberg Institute.
“Even when kids are in full-day kindergarten, they are playing with their parents as much. They’re spending as much one-on-one time with parents. They’re reading with their parents at the same levels,” said Jocelyn Wikle, BYU professor of family life, one of the study’s authors.
Parents of full-day kindergarten kids are still able to have quality time with their kids, she said.
“They’re just doing it at other times of the day, rather than doing it midday,” Wikle said.
Read more about the study’s findings on parent time, literacy skills and more.
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