The significance of collaborative parenting lies in its positive impact on enhancing societal fertility intentions and improving population quality.The study explores the differences between father involvement and mother involvement,as well as impact of differences in parental involvement and parenting competence on children's school readiness.Results are as follows:1)Currently,mother is still the primary caregiver of a family,and parents involvement is affected by region and gender,with father involvement being significantly higher in rural area than in urban area and the father involvement of boys being significantly higher than that of girls';2)The overall degree of mother involvement is significantly higher than father's,including family supervision,parent-child activities and emotional communication;3)There was no significant difference in parenting self-efficacy and satisfaction between father involvement and mother involvement;4)Gender of parents affects children's learning readiness,mother involvement being significantly higher than father's;5)Parent involvement could positively predict parenting competence and children's school readiness,and parenting competence could positively predict children's school readiness,however,there is no moderating effect of mother involvement and father involvement,which meant the gender in parent involvement don't affect the prediction.It is not necessarily concluded that mother parenting is better than father parent and vice versa.Family and social supporting system are indispensable for children's grow-up.Fathers should be promoted to perform obligations in children's parenting in order to achieve the coparenting.
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