Writing

Writing is another type of passive modeling. Sixteen respondents said their children see them engaged in various writing activities. These included paying bills and organizing finances and writing for work related purposes.

Five respondents said their children do not see them engaged in writing activities.

Table 31 shows the distribution of responses and sample comments.

Table 31. Writing behavior
Writing behavior Number of
responses		 Occupation Comments
Child witnesses one or both parents paying bills, taxes or other finances 11 0 n=2
A n=2
B n=3
C n=3
D n=1		 She sees me doing bills every Saturday.
He sees me doing finances at home.
She doesn’t see any writing except for when I pay bills.
Child sees one or both parents doing work at home that involves writing 5 0 n=2
B n=2
C n=1		 When I teach every couple of months, he will see me scoring students’ work.
He sees work at home from both parents.
Child sees no writing from either parent 5 A n=1
B n=1
C n=2
D n=1		 He doesn’t see any writing.
They don’t see us writing anything.