Theory and research suggest the importance of establishing paternity, co-parenting, and child support for positive child and youth development. However, youth’s relative knowledge of these topics is not well understood. Thus we examine these in the context of other parenting issues and how this information varied by parents, school/teachers, friends, and social media. We also sought to provide preliminary data on parenting programming to determine if the programming was associated with perceived increases in knowledge about these and other parenting topics. Data from 1713 students in middle and high schools who attended one or more Parenting: It’s a Life modules in their school were available for analysis. Youth reported existing knowledge on establishing paternity, co-parenting, and child support relatively low compared to other topics such as peer pressure and healthy relationships. Among the four sources of information surveyed, youth received the most information from parents and caregivers and the least amount of information from social media. Youth reported significant increases in knowledge regarding parenting topics following exposure to Parenting: It’s a Life curriculum. The information youth receive on content such as establishing paternity, co-parenting, and child support is relatively low. School-based parenting programs focused on these topics may help educate youth about these important parenting topics before parenthood.

理论和研究表明，建立亲子关系，共同育儿和子女抚养对于促进儿童和青少年积极发展的重要性。但是，年轻人对这些主题的相对了解还不是很清楚。因此，我们在其他育儿问题的背景下研究了这些问题，以及父母，学校/老师，朋友和社交媒体如何改变这些信息。我们还试图提供有关育儿程序的初步数据，以确定该程序是否与对这些以及其他育儿主题的知识的感知增长相关联。来自1713名初中和高中学生的数据，他们参加了一项或多项育儿活动：这就是生活他们学校中的模块可供分析。与同龄人压力和健康关系等其他主题相比，青年报告的有关建立亲子关系，共同父母和子女抚养的现有知识相对较低。在所调查的四种信息来源中，年轻人从父母和照顾者那里获得的信息最多，从社交媒体获得的信息最少。青年报告说，在接触了“养育子女：这是一门生活”课程之后，有关养育子女的知识有了显着增加。青年在建立亲子关系，同父母抚养和子女抚养费等内容上获得的信息相对较少。着重这些主题的校内育儿计划可能有助于在父母之前对青少年进行这些重要的育儿主题教育。