Abstract
The purposes of this research are to create a gauge to measure "educational leadership" in mother-child interactions and to examine the relationship between mothers' educational leadership and types of child treatment, including fathers' participation in childcare. The data obtained from 284 mothers who were bringing up small children was analyzed. Analysis of educational leadership showed three factors; Goal achievement support," "Compulsion by a threat as punishment," and "Inconsistent bringing-up procedures." Analysis of parents' attitudes about childcare revealed two factors; "feeling the burdens of child-rearing" and "feelings of child-rearing fulfillment." It was clear that fathers' participation in childcare increased "Goal achievement support" and "a feeling of childcare fulfillment" and decreased "a feeling of childcare burden." The results support the validity of a child temperament type and suggest that a mother's educational leadership is influenced by her child's temperament type.
