The Influence of G3 Family on Kindergarten Children’s Academic Performance in China

Abstract

Co-resident grandparenting is a common phenomenon in China since Confucianism. The current study aiming to examine whether co-resident grandparents (G3 family) have influence on kindergarten children’s academic performance in China. The Classroom Observation Scale (Chesterfield, 2009) was applied in this study. Eighty-eight students from five classes were recruited to this study from a kindergarten in a medium sized city located in east coast of China. The participants were first year students with mixed gender and the age range were from two to three years old. Finding showed that co-resident grandparents made great influence on their grandchildren’s academic performance.