Parent Roles and Responsibilities in Education Survey

Thanks for taking part! This survey looks at how responsibilities for your child's education are shared in your household — things like homework, school communication, and decisions. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. It takes about 5-6 minutes and there are no right or wrong answers.

Who is the primary point of contact between your household and your child's school right now?

• You
• Co-parent/partner
• Shared equally
• Another caregiver (e.g., grandparent)
• Other

Thinking about all the day-to-day work of your child's education (homework, communication, events, decisions), how is that work actually split? Distribute 100 points across who does it.

• Yourself
• Co-parent/partner
• Other family member (e.g., grandparent, sibling)
• Outside support (tutor, aftercare, school staff)

How often are you personally involved in each of the following?

Overall, how satisfied are you with how education-related responsibilities are divided in your household?

In the last 30 days, how many times have you personally communicated directly with your child's teacher(s)?

• Not at all
• Once
• 2-3 times
• 4 or more times

Rank these responsibilities from the one that causes you the most stress or burden to the least.

1. Helping with homework
2. Communicating with the school
3. Attending events and conferences
4. Monitoring academic performance
5. Coordinating extracurricular activities
6. Making financial or enrollment decisions

Anchor on the respondent's point allocation and satisfaction rating. Ask them to describe the most recent specific moment when the division of education-related responsibilities felt unfair, unclear, or broke down — what happened, who was involved, and how it got resolved (or didn't). If they reported high satisfaction, probe what specifically makes the current arrangement work so well, and whether that has always been true or changed over time.

Compared to a year ago, has your share of your child's education-related responsibilities changed?

• Increased a lot
• Increased somewhat
• Stayed about the same
• Decreased somewhat
• Decreased a lot

What is one thing that would make managing your child's education-related responsibilities easier for you right now?

Which best describes your relationship to the child/children in question?

• Mother
• Father
• Legal guardian
• Grandparent
• Other caregiver
• Prefer not to say

Which best describes your household structure?

• Two parents/guardians living together
• Single-parent household
• Co-parenting across two households
• Blended or step-family household
• Other
• Prefer not to say

How many school-age children do you have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4 or more
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you for your honesty! Your responses will be combined with other families' answers to help schools and family programs better support how households share the work of raising and educating kids.