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Summary
The Parent as a Teacher Inventory was completed by 196 parents of preschool-aged children. Eighty-nine of the parents held jobs focused on helping people and involving considerable face-to-face contact (person-oriented work); 107 parents held jobs focused on materials and/or technical skill (thing-oriented work). Compared to parents in thing-oriented occupations, parents in person-oriented occupations reported less need to be the one in control when interacting with their children, more positive receptivity to their children's bids for conversation and attention, more willingness to encourage and be involved in their children's play, and more confidence in their own ability to contribute to their children's play. The findings are discussed in terms of research on the different personality characteristics and values of individuals favoring person-oriented and thing-oriented work.