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parents as teachers  

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  • In the decade of the 1970s, educators in the state of Missouri recognized the varied degrees of readiness that children brought to their first years of school. They saw a need for greater parent involvement in children's early lives in order to help them develop skills needed in areas such as reading and writing. [Source: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia; Parents as Teachers]

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