Do Parents Know Best?: Parental Identities and Motivations in Driving Decisions Related to Their Children’S Well-Being

The four papers examine varying parental decisions on sharenting, investing in educational spending or youth sports and TV viewing. These decisions are relevant not only to their children’s growth and wellbeing, but parental decisions often reflect their own parental identity.



Citation:

Meng-Hsien (Jenny) Lin, akshaya vijayalakshmi, PINGPING Gan, Laczniak Russell, Beatriz Pereira, Karlee Posteher, Alaina Hansom, Abhiman Das, and Aruna Tatavarthy (2021) ,"Do Parents Know Best?: Parental Identities and Motivations in Driving Decisions Related to Their Children’S Well-Being", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 700-706.

Authors

Meng-Hsien (Jenny) Lin, California State University Monterey Bay
akshaya vijayalakshmi, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
PINGPING Gan, Iowa State University
Laczniak Russell, Iowa State University
Beatriz Pereira, Iowa State University
Karlee Posteher, California State University Monterey Bay
Alaina Hansom, Arizona State University
Abhiman Das, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Aruna Tatavarthy, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021



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