Parents and early teachers: sharing education

All children need coherent and constructive collaboration relationships between parents and teachers for a healthy development. The purpose of this study is to examine how these contacts between parents and early teachers occur by investigating a group of children, parents and early teachers perspectives concerning educational partnerships, during an experimental training program about emotional education. This investigation used focus groups to identify children's voices as a top priority and to evaluate parents’ and practitioners perspectives and suggestions about how such sharing could be achieved. The program helps teachers and parents in their shared educational efforts through the early years.