%0 Journal Article
%T The influence of parental socialization factors on family farming plans of preadolescent children: An exploratory analysis
%A Wiley
%A A. R.
%A Bogg
%A T.
%A Ho
%A M. R.
%J Journal of Research in Rural Education
%D 2005
%I Penn State University
%X Previous scholarship on farm families emphasizes the importance of socializing children to become farmers. This study is the first to focus on the parental socialization factors that are associated with preadolescent childrenĄ¯s attachment to, and plans to take over, the family farm. Forty-seven 7- to 12-year-old children and their farming parents responded to a survey regarding the childĄ¯s involvement in farm work, the fatherĄ¯s wishes concerning the childĄ¯s future in farming, the childrenĄ¯s perceptions of their relationship with parents, and the childrenĄ¯s perceptions of parentsĄ¯ worry about the farm. Three of these four factors were associated with the childrenĄ¯s plans to farm. Recommendations are provided to rural educators for supporting farm children and their families.
%K rural education
%K socialization
%K farming
%U http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/20-11.htm