Fourteen respondents had school aged children, including one in preschool. All respondents indicated they helped their children with homework. Parents of children 8 years of age or younger were more likely to sit with their children and work with them while parents of children older than 8 were more likely to help with homework only if the child asked for help. One parent of a teenager said her daughter would ask her siblings for help as they had completed the same high school course one or two years previously, indicating that family literacy includes the entire family unit, not just parentchild interactions.

Table 21 provides a sample of comments.