Exploring Parental Attitudes Toward Children’s Rights in a Social-Cultural Context

Abstract

He present causal-comparative study explored parents’ attitudes toward children’s rights by some predefined variables. The sample consisted of conveniently selected 477 parents living in seven different regions of Türkiye, and the data were collected online using a demographic information form and the Parental Attitude Scale for Children’s Rights. The findings revealed that parents’ attitudes toward children’s rights did not significantly differ by gender, age, socioeconomic status, family type, and the other parent’s educational attainment (p > 0.05). Yet, the participants with knowledge of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and with a spouse with higher education demonstrated higher attitudes toward children’s rights (p < 0.05). Overall, it may be recommended that family socialization should be built on democratic values and skills, that relevant experts should carry out activities to contribute to knowledge and awareness about children’s rights, and that children should be informed about their rights by age and developmental characteristics.