| Summary: | Studies have shown a relationship to exist between behavior problems in children and quality of parental
practices such as communication, expressivity, consistency, and monitoring. This study aimed at describing
relationships that parents have with their preschool children, and also at relating parenting skills to child
behavior. We compared fathers and mothers social educational skills in two groups of children, with or without
behavior problems at school. Research was conducted in a town in the State of Sao Paulo, BR. Participants were
biological mothers and fathers of 48 preschoolers; twenty-five children presented behavior problems at school,
and 24 had high social skills. Parents were individually interviewed at home. Results showed that fathers and
mothers of socially skilled children were more consistent in their practices. They were more able to identify and
describe their childrens socially skilled behaviors. They also reported they gave more positive feedbak for their
childrens good behavior
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