Investigating the quality of the home environment practiced by contemporary parents: A pilot research

A healthy and safe home environment is essential for promoting and protecting health and development during childhood. Children need stable, supportive social environments and access to resources within the home to enhance cognitive, emotional, and physical development (Bronfenbrenner, 2001). Therefore, the proposed study aimed to assess the quality home environment young children residing in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. In present study, a total of 50 young adult parents (between the age range of 25–35 years) of children studying in nursery and primary classes (2–6 years) from Pantnagar, (U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand) were drawn as sample of the study through purposive and convenience sampling method. A Google form was created to obtain the date via online mode. A tool namely Home Environment Scale developed by Dr. Reena Sharma and Dr. Vibha Nigam was utilized to achieve the research objectives. The tool is designed to measure the psycho – social climate of home as given by the parents. Suitable statistical method i.e. Frequency and Percentage were obtained for the data collected to analyze the quality of parental home environment. After analysis and comparing the data, the finding of research reflected that that approximately fifty per cent of young children are living either in poor to moderately poor quality of home environment.