My name is Hester and I am a student at the University of Mary Washington. I am inviting you to participate in a research study aimed at understanding how ways of parenting affect the development of preschool-aged children. This study is being sponsored by Dr. Liss and Dr. Schiffrin of the psychology department. Participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you choose to participate, you will complete a survey, which should take approximately 30 minutes. All of your responses will remain anonymous, meaning that no one will know your specific answers.

Your participation in this study is beneficial to our understanding of beliefs about parenting and the developmental outcomes of children because of those beliefs. While some of the questions may be personal in nature and cause some emotional reaction, we do not anticipate that you will encounter any negative consequences as a result of your participation in this study. However, you do not have to answer a question if you feel uncomfortable and may stop the survey at any time.

This study has been approved by the institutional review board of the University of Mary Washington. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Hester at hgodfrey@mail.umw.edu. Questions or concerns can also be addressed by my research supervisors, Dr. Miriam Liss (mliss@umw.edu) and Dr. Holly Schiffrin (hschiffr@umw.edu). If you have questions about the ethical conduct of the study, please contact Dr. Jennifer Mailloux (jmaillou@umw.edu) who is member of the Institutional Review Board.