Mutual Responsibility Research Articles

A PERSONALLY ORIENTED APPROACH TO LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL

The concepts of multicultural education focus on several general pedagogical principles: education of human dignity and high moral qualities; education for coexistence with social groups of different races, religions, ethnic groups, etc.; education of readiness for cooperation; recognition of mutual responsibility for the positive nature of interethnic and intercultural communication.Based on the analysis, the article considers different views of researchers on this concept. The author gives his own opinion on the significance of individualized education in the polycultural environment. The author stresses that when defining the concept of multicultural education, world pedagogy proceeds from the fact that it means, firstly, the recognition of social, political and economic realities of culturally diverse and complex human interaction and, secondly, the importance of taking into account in the educational process cultural, racial, gender, religious factors. As in other multinational communities, in Ukraine one of the main pedagogical goals can be defined as the education of people capable of effective life in a multicultural environment, with a heightened sense of understanding and respect for other cultures, the ability to live in peace and harmony with representatives of different nationalities, races, beliefs. From this goal, the Ukrainian teachers follow the tasks of education and training: mastering the culture of one's own people; education of cultural pluralism, a positive attitude towards cultural differences; creation of pedagogical conditions for the integration of cultures; development of behavioral communication skills of carriers of different subcultures; education in the spirit of peace and cooperation. The article stresses that the purpose of multicultural education should be a person with broad views and broad multicultural orientation, someone who can give meaning to individual national and cultural identity, and someone who will appreciate other peoples’ cultural varieties and their achievements.

Cognitive and ethical reasons for the dissident movement in epidemiology

The article discusses several fundamental reasons for the emergence of such a significant phenomenon as the anti-vaccination movement. An attempt is made to classify these causes. The theory of the phases of the vaccination cycle by Robert Chen is presented. The theory of cognitive simplicity and the creation of illusory patterns to strengthen psychological control over a stressful situation was developed by Moscow anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova. The decision to refuse vaccination is often accompanied by an inability to rank the risks and trust in pseudoscientific rumors. The level of distrust of citizens in government and healthcare, and, conversely, excessive trust in populist personalities, is also a significant reason for dissent in epidemiology. The article provides numerous examples from the history of smallpox, cholera and coronavirus epidemics. In conclusion, the article considers the problem of trust and mutual responsibility in society.

Psychological contract breach and emotional exhaustion among self-initiated expatriates: The role of social support and cultural orientation

Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) face a unique set of challenges associated with working abroad without organizational sponsorship or support. A lack of clarity about mutual obligations and responsibilities can often lead to misunderstandings about the terms of the employment relationship and to perceptions of psychological contract breach. Drawing on a sample of self-initiated expatriates working in the United Arab Emirates, this study examines the relationship between psychological contract breach and emotional exhaustion exploring how culturally based value orientations and social support affect the relationship. Results indicate that individual-level cultural orientation can shape the responses of SIEs to perceived breaches and to its detrimental emotional effects. Individuals with a collectivist as opposed to an individualist orientation utilize more effectively social support from co-workers and supervisors and are less likely to be negatively affected by psychological contract breaches.

Couple relational ethics: From theory to lived practice.

Distressed couples often become polarized and caught up in power struggles, with competing claims and perspectives. When escalated, partners may become reactive and unkind. The competitive-individualistic worldview of the Euro-American culture feeds polarization between partners. This article explores relational views of the self and relational ethics developed in philosophy, psychology, feminist theory, neurobiology, and couple and family therapy that counter this individualistic view. A major focus is on the ways in which partners impact each other's identity and well-being for better or worse, and the ethical responsibility this entails. The discussion addresses couple relational ethics within the larger sociocultural context that privileges power and competition. The paper offers applications to couple relationships and couple therapy, with interventions to promote mutual responsibility, fairness, dialogue, and care-helping partners to identify their higher values and interact with greater intentionality. A case example is offered to illustrate therapeutic techniques to enhance relational ethics in couples.

The Nurse-Physician Relationship During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Shanghai, China: Cross-sectional Study.

The nurse-physician relationship is important for the stability of collaboration. The COVID-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on the health care system and has placed greater demands on nurse-physician collaboration. Nurses and physicians often struggle to share mutual responsibility and communicate effectively. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nurses and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and construct a new model combining the attitude and behaviors of the 2 groups to assess various factors' impacts on job satisfaction and confrontational behavior. We conducted this quantitative cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between nurses and physicians based on the attitudes and behaviors toward nurse-physician collaboration. We first investigated the satisfaction of nurses and physicians with their relationship and how they thought the COVID-19 pandemic had affected that relationship. We used an adapted and modified Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration questionnaire that consisted of 17 items under 5 dimensions. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the relationships between domains. Ordinal logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between different domains of the questionnaire and the satisfaction of the current nurse-physician relationship. We included a total of 176 nurses and 124 physicians in this study. Compared to 7.2% (9/124) of physicians, 22.7% (40/176) of nurses were dissatisfied with the current nurse-physician relationship. Most physicians (101/124, 81.5%) and nurses (131/176, 74.5%) agreed that the nurse-physician relationship had become better because of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the public had greater respect for them. However, significantly fewer nurses (59/176, 33.5% vs 79/124, 63.7%; P<.001) thought that physicians and nurses were treated with the same respect. Nurses scored significantly higher scores in caring versus curing (mean 16.27, SD 2.88 vs mean 17.43, SD 2.50; P<.001) and physician's authority (mean 8.72, SD 3.21 vs mean 7.24, SD 3.32; P<.001) subscales compared with physicians. The shared education and collaboration subscale had a significantly positive relationship with the nurse's autonomy subscale (standardized coefficient=0.98; P<.001). Logistic regression showed that 4 subscales (shared education and collaboration: P<.001; caring versus curing: P<.001; nurse's autonomy: P<.001; and confrontation: P=.01) were significantly associated with the level of satisfaction of the current nurse-physician relationship. This study showed that nurses were more dissatisfied with the current nurse-physician relationship than physicians in Shanghai. Policy makers and managers in the medical and educational system should emphasize an interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians. Positive attitudes toward shared collaboration and responsibility may help to improve the relationship between the 2 parties.

An Examination of Employee Attitudes toward Work Satisfaction

Abstract: The current study examined the work satisfaction level of employees in Commercial Synbag, Pithampur-India. The sample size 60 employees from Commercial Synbag, Pithampur was considered for invetigation. In this research paper, an effort has been made to comprehend how employees' attitudes toward work satisfaction, organisational climate, work-life balance-oriented HR policies, satisfaction with HR policies, maintaining mutual responsibility between employees and employers, and work-life balance contribute to organisational success and effectiveness. Employee attitudes have been examined for this purpose based on employment position. The annova test was used to determine the relationship between the aforementioned variables and the demographic factor (job status) among the Commercial Synbag employees. The qualitative research includes target population sampling procedures, sampling techniques, sample size determination, and so on. Reliability, one way Anova and Rank analysis test were applied in SPSS to analyse the data

ПРОГНОСТИЧНА КОМПЕТЕНТНІСТЬ УЧИТЕЛЯ: СУТЬ І МІСЦЕ У ПРОФЕСІЙНОМУ СТАНДАРТІ

Background. The article presents the analysis of prognostic competence of teacher. Authors support the point of view of Jerome B. Gardner, that a prognostic competence is an ability to understand the necessities of students and envisage the possible ways of their development, that include ability to observe students, analyse their behavior and give timely and corresponding support to them. Results. The prognostic competence of teacher not only envisages future results but also the ability to adapt oneself to the changes and create effective educational strategies. A prognostic competence can be examined as an ability of teacher to understand the necessities of students and envisage the possible ways of their development; it consists not only in the foresight of future results but also in ability to adapt oneself to the changes, to create effective educational strategies As the conducted analysis shows, a prognostic competence is important for teachers, as it allows to them to identify students that have difficulties in studies, and to render necessary support to them, to work out the individualized programs of studies, that deal with the necessities of students, plan lessons and activity, that are interesting for students, to create positive and supportive educational environment, where student can successfully study. Conclusions. The comparative analysis of structure of prognostic competence is conducted in the professional standards of teacher in Ukraine and Japan. In Japan in particular, the prognostic competence of teacher includes ability to take into account the necessities of certain generation, genetic transmission of experience, that it is related to that in the Japanese culture a large value is spared to traditions and domestic values. It is considered that experience that a person gets from the ancestors influences their personality and determines their way in life. Japanese teachers take into account influence of generation and genetic transmission of experience on development of the students. The prognostic competence of teacher in Japan is based on the general values of Japanese education, such as mutual respect, responsibility, harmony and independence. A teacher must take into account these values at planning, prognostication and realization of on-line tutorials.

Универсальность права как основа консенсуса государства и граждан в контексте правового регулирования и юридического прогнозирования

The article explores the basis of the relationship between the state and the individual in the relationship between legal regulation and legal anticipation. The legitimacy of legal regulation depends on the extent to which it corresponds to citizens' perceptions of law and, at the same time, the extent to which it protects national security. The universality of law, outlined in the article, makes it possible to eliminate the contradictions between the statism of positivism and the metaphysics of libertarian-legal theory. The universality of law makes it possible to integrate in the legal system the essence of the positivist doctrine and the properity of the libertarian-legal concept with a constructive outlet for the final rational that captures the infinite dialectical movement of legal matter. The positivist due reflects the formalised significance of the normative establishment and anticipates its realisation. Libertarian-legal proper predicts the optimal, reproducing the true essence of the norm. The rational transforms equality in ought (formal equality) into equality in being (actual equality), confirming the universality of law as an index of the circulation of legal matter from predetermined normativity (proper) to optimality (proper) and the final subject-practical expedient (rational). The methodology of the universality of law determines the existence in the legal system of obligatory and sufficient characteristics for the effective action of state and public institutions towards the protection of the constitutional order and respect for human rights, namely: a) The protection of national security and public safety; b) the retention of public power within the Hegelian "boundaries of order" - limiting its intrusion into the private sphere; c) the existence of inalienable rights and freedoms and guarantees for their realisation; d) the continuous modernisation of all parts of the legal system according to evolving political, socio-economic and spiritual-moral conditions. In this way, the interplay of national security and the directed development of the institutions of a free society is guaranteed, reflecting the coordinated mutual responsibility of public authorities and citizens. The concept of universality of law develops a polemic about the synthesis of positivist and libertarian-legal types of legal understanding with the predominant importance of the social vector of law as an intrinsic property of universality that contributes to the firm foundation of the rule of law and social state - human rights and freedoms and conditions of free development and dignified life. Normative legal acts pass through people's consciousness in one way or another and are legitimised depending on the correspondence, on the one hand, to the state's tasks of protecting national security and, on the other hand, to citizens' hopes for a decent life based on the universality of law as a guarantee of their communication and mutual self-restraint

Громадянська ідентичність здобувачів вищої педагогічної освіти: виклики глобалізаційних процесів

The article presents the author’s vision of the problem of forming the civic identity of students of higher pedagogical education in the process of practical psychological and pedagogical training. The stated problem is considered in the context of globalization challenges. The research was carried out based on systemic, synergistic and technological approaches at the interdisciplinary level. Scientific research was conducted based on the principles of: comprehensiveness, mutual responsibility of the state and participants in the educational process. The methods of analysis (historical-pedagogical, systemic, survey-analytical), generalization were applied – to determine the state of scientific development of the problem, substantiation of the theoretical basis of the research, content analysis is of current regulatory documents, comparison and heuristic forecasting – to substantiate the conclusions. The key concept in this study is considered by the author to be a permanent awareness by a citizen of Ukraine of his political and legal connection with the Ukrainian people and civil society. Indicators of civic identity, based on the research materials, can be: a sense of pride for one’s Motherland, readiness and desire to live and work in a certain political and legal field, understanding of national and European values. Among such values, state symbols are identified as primary. Also, indicators of civic identity include active social and political life, in-depth understanding of legal education and legal awareness, ecology of thinking and life, tolerant attitude to the values and beliefs of representatives of other cultures, as well as to regional and national-linguistic features, readiness to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The article defines the globalization challenge of the formation of civic identity as follows: prevention of situations of viewing the world only through the eyes of one’s own culture. This multifaceted challenge can be overcome with the resources of cultural socialization of youth, in particular in network communication, support and continuation of national traditions, personalization of educational influences. The prospect of further development of the topic is the disclosure of the practices of cooperation of institutions of higher pedagogical education of Ukraine and other countries of the world in the direction of the formation of active citizenship, the development of a system of common traditions and activities.

Студентський парламент: досвід Харківського національного педагогічного університету імені Г. С. Сковороди

In the article, the author drew attention to the problem of the formation of professionally significant personality characteristics of the future teacher: the active life position of each student in social life, the level of his democratic culture, participation in the social life of the community, the city. The author noted that work in the student parliament serves as a guarantee for the formation of leadership qualities and the development of the professional orientation of the individual. The research was carried out in accordance with the axiological approach, the principles of the educational direction of the educational process, and the mutual responsibility of the participants of the educational process. The methods of analysis (historical-pedagogical, systemic, surveyanalytical), generalization, content analysis of reports on the work of the student parliament of the H. S. Skovoroda KhNPU. This self-governing structure plays a significant role in students gaining experience in self-organization and positive actions in the social environment. In the student parliament everyone, depending on their desire, skills and abilities, chooses the direction they want to pursue. Members of the student parliament actively participate in the organization of student projects at the level of the university and individual faculties, are participants and winners of various student tournaments, contests, olympiads, circles, participate in the preparation and holding of informative webinars, scientific and practical conferences. The student parliament of H. S. Skovoroda KhNPU is structured and carries out its work systematically. An important aspect of the activity of the student parliament is involvement in the implementation of the universityєs mission and vision. An important area of activity of the student parliament of H.S. Skovoroda KhNPU is professionally oriented scientific work. The article defines the following promising directions of activity of the student parliament: creation of conditions for self-realization of students in the interests of the individual, society, institution, and the state; promotion of various forms of social activity, public initiatives, socialization of the young generation; improvement of living conditions and leisure time of students; formation of students’ skills and qualities necessary for developing an active life position, organizational and leadership traits, and creative approaches to solving problems. Implementation of these tasks, improvement of the main directions of educational and educational work, implementation of new projects and activities will significantly increase the brightness of student life, develop an active life position and creative abilities of the students.

Adaptive management of structural changes of public sector organizations based on a project approach

The article examines the theoretical and applied aspects of managing structural changes in public sector organizations based on a project approach, as well as the features and possibilities of transforming their organizational structure in accordance with public needs, taking into account modern ideas about dynamic and adaptive organizational structures of the public sector of society. The transition to more efficient and flexible adaptive organizational structures of the public sphere, whose activities are aimed at meeting public needs related to modern challenges, requires coordinated, urgent and focused actions in conditions of uncertainty and risks. At the same time, the corresponding actions should be effective thanks primarily to the adaptive properties of the management system, as well as the introduction of tools for the implementation of their activities, which are aimed at specific results under the conditions of time and resource limitations based on the project approach. It is noted that the transformation of the structure of public sector organizations can be a significant factor in the process of ensuring their functioning in terms of determining the number of levels of management in the relevant structure, the degree of its centralization and autonomy in decision-making, distribution of rights, duties and responsibilities, establishment of mutual subordination and coordination of project groups and functional divisions, as well as relationships between the components of the functional organizational structure and external structures. Emphasizes the expediency of forming a new corporate model of the functioning of public sector organizations, the construction of which involves the development of processes of inter-subject cooperation implemented at a higher level (regional, state, interstate), which cannot be achieved in a separate organization in order to increase efficiency and mutual responsibility on the basis of strategic partnerships and opportunities to establish inter-organizational ties. It is important that such a symbiosis of public and corporate management involves the exit of organizations beyond their own structure with the emergence of new communicative and, later, resource opportunities for cooperation in order to meet wider social needs in the conditions of international integration.

Management relations: Factors of influence, areas of improvement

The theoretical features of managerial relations as the interaction of subjects and objects at all levels of the economy are considered. The key aspects of these relations are formulated. Possible formats of managerial relations are proposed, as well as a number of conditions for their improvement. The complex of factors influencing the quality of managerial relations is considered. Among these factors are: forms of realization of property rights; the state of the productive forces of society; implemented mechanisms for the formation of managerial elites. A more detailed grouping of influencing factors is presented. At the same time, the role of such factors as mutual responsibility and common economic interests of the state and business is noted. The critique of foreign economic models in the context of the tasks of improving managerial relations in the Russian economy is given.

In the same boat: Parents’ and teachers’ role in protecting elementary school students’ online rights

The study offers a socio-legal typology describing how parents and teachers facilitate or hinder the protection of elementary school children in the online world. Drawing on interviews with 75 elementary school students, 15 parents, and 20 teachers in four Israeli schools, the findings distinguish four patterns of adult practices: restricting children’s rights, mobilizing children’s rights in cases of rights infringements, fostering children’s rights consciousness, and waiving children’s rights. The findings showed that most children held a favorable view of practices that protected their rights and were critical of adults who waived their rights. The conclusions delineate the importance of applying rights terminology to analyze parents’ and teachers’ practices. A terminology of rights underscores that restrictive practices should be embedded in principles of proportionality, highlights the balance between autonomy and protection, clarifies the implications of ignoring online injury, distinguishes between practices whose implications differ although they co-occur, and provides a relatively stable framework that can be adapted to changing online contexts. The conclusions also underscore that parents’ and teachers’ roles in fulfilling young children’s online rights are inherently intertwined and complementary. This mutual responsibility can afford opportunities for effective collaboration but might also lead to waiving children’s rights to protection in the online world.

PARENT-TO-PARENT SUPPORT PERCEPTION SCALE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY: SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY

Background: Social support is the entirety of perceptions that make an individual feel that he/she is cared for, loved, trusted and valued within a network of mutual responsibility and communication. Research carried out on the subject of perceived social support have generally focused on how social support reduces or prevents stress and contributes to developing positive coping skills. Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the perceptions of the social support that families with children with disability expect from each other and to develop a culture-specific scale for this purpose as a contribution to the literature. Methods: This study was conducted in special education and rehabilitation centers in Zonguldak, Turkey. The study sample consisted of 420 parents who had a child or children enrolled at the centers and who had consented to participate. Data were collected using the Parent-to-Parent Support Perception Scale for Families with Children with Disability. The validity of content and construct was examined to evaluate the validity of the parent-to-parent support perception scale. Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess internal consistency reliability. Results: A 43-item pool of items was created for a 4-point Likert-type scale in the light of the literature in order to assess the support perceptions of parents with children with disability. After content validity was assessed by a panel of eight specialists, the number of items was determined to be 30. In the construct validity testing, the KMO value was 0.91 and Bartlett’s sphericity test resulted in 6134.24 (p = 0.001). The results of the factor analysis indicated a scale with 24 items, four factors, where R2 = 62.33%. The total Cronbach's alpha value for the scale is 0.94. Conclusions: According to the results of the analysis, the developed scale was found to have excellent validity and reliability for families with children with disability. What is currently known? When the literature is examined, there is no measurement tool that measures the perception of support from family to family for families of children with disabilities. What does this article add? The developed scale was found to have excellent content and construct validity and reliability for families with children with disability.

INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE POLYCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Based on the analysis, the article considers different views of researchers on this concept. The author gives his own opinion on the significance of individualized education in the polycultural environment. The author stresses that when defining the concept of multicultural education, world pedagogy proceeds from the fact that it means, firstly, the recognition of social, political and economic realities of culturally diverse and complex human interaction and, secondly, the importance of taking into account in the educational process cultural, racial, gender, religious factors. The concepts of multicultural education focus on several general pedagogical principles: education of human dignity and high moral qualities; education for coexistence with social groups of different races, religions, ethnic groups, etc.; education of readiness for cooperation; recognition of mutual responsibility for the positive nature of interethnic and intercultural communication. As in other multinational communities, in Ukraine one of the main pedagogical goals can be defined as the education of people capable of effective life in a multicultural environment, with a heightened sense of understanding and respect for other cultures, the ability to live in peace and harmony with representatives of different nationalities, races, beliefs. From this goal, the Ukrainian teachers follow the tasks of education and training: mastering the culture of one's own people; education of cultural pluralism, a positive attitude towards cultural differences; creation of pedagogical conditions for the integration of cultures; development of behavioral communication skills of carriers of different subcultures; education in the spirit of peace and cooperation. The article stresses that the purpose of multicultural education should be a person with broad views and broad multicultural orientation, someone who can give meaning to individual national and cultural identity, and someone who will appreciate other peoples’ cultural varieties and their achievements.&nbsp;

Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Kesetaraan Gender dalam Keluarga

The community has an identity that interacts with each other and has each individual, in the community there is a small group called a family consisting of husband, wife and children, they work together to create a sakinah, mawaddah and warahmah family, but in the village of Mattiro Ade the system in the family still believes that the husband is responsible for working to earn a living and the wife is responsible for taking care of the domestic work. The purpose of this study was to find out gender in the family and describe the form of gender in the family in Mattiro Ade Village. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods and uses data collection techniques of observation, interviews and documentation. The results of the study show that, the community's perception of gender in the family in Mattiro Ade Village, the gender system is very good to run in the family because it teaches us to work together and answer questions about the gender of the people of Mattiro Ade Village in their daily life the concept of gender because there are no limits in carrying out their roles. domestic or public, gender is mutual understanding, mutual responsibility, sharing with love, for the sake of household sustainability, while gender harmony in the family is the division of roles is a concept that is carried out because they have each public affairs such as earning a living to meet the needs of the family and the wife is responsible for working on domestic affairs, such as taking care of housework, cooking, cooking and caring for children, but there is no limit for husband and wife if they want to play a role in both roles.

Pedagogical partnership in higher education institutions: expediency and capabilities

Pedagogical partnership in higher education institutions: expediency and capabilities

Peranan Sumber Daya terhadap Pengembangan Usaha Kemitraan Domba

Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 13 of 2017 concerning Animal Husbandry Business Partnerships states that livestock farming business partnerships are cooperation between livestock farming businesses on the basis of the principles of mutual need, strengthening, benefiting, respect, responsibility, and dependence. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of economical, environmental, and social resources on the development of sheep partnership farming business. The novelty of this research is to review the development of resource-based sheep partnership farming business. The research was conducted on a sheep partnership farming business at Gumukmas Multi Farm (GMF) Jember district. The data collection method was carried out by survey, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and observation. Research variables include livestock farming business development (Y), economical resources (X1), environmental resources (X2), and social resources (X3). Analysis of research data using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method with the help of SmartPLS 2.0 software. The PLS method generally consists of 2 (two) kinds of test models, namely the outer model and the inner model. The results obtained from the indicator test and declared valid are economical resources consisting of 4 (four) indicators, environmental resources consisting of 2 (two) indicators, and social resources consisting of 6 (six) indicators. The conclusion shows that economical resources, environmental resources, and social resources are quite influential on the development of sheep farming partnerships with an R2 value of 45.1%

Reconsidering the Civil Rights Era in the Footsteps of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

This article reviews major principles concerning racial prejudice that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explained during His 1912 visit to North America. Three of the principles that emerged from talks He gave during that trip were the fallacy of racial prejudice, the need to judge people by their moral character rather than their race, and the mutual responsibilities of different races toward each other. The article describes how these principles helped the author research and then write a combination history and memoir of race relations and desegregation in South Carolina during the civil rights era. The author comments on the difficult task of writing academic material that caters to a secular audience but draws on Bahá’í insights, and then explains attempts to do so in this research project.

How involved are parents in their child's early years setting's food decisions and practices?

As childhood obesity and poor nutrition rates in England continue to rise, parents and childcare practitioners have key partnership roles in ensuring young children have healthy balanced diets. Yet little is known about parents' understanding and involvement in their childcare settings' food decisions and practices, and how this might be strengthened. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with a purposive sample of 59 parents with one or more children attending early years settings in England. Framework analysis was used to explore the interviews. Epstein's model of parental partnerships was adapted as a reflective lens for the findings, and their implication for early years' policy and practice. Parents reported a lack of two-way communication on food, and of opportunities for active, meaningful engagement around food and healthy eating outside of one-to-one discussions of their child's specific needs and requirements. Some parents reported a lack of trust in the food related information provided by their childcare setting. As young children spend more time in formal childcare, it is increasingly important that trusting collaborative relationships are built between parents and childcare practitioners to ensure that children have the best start in life. This study adds to the limited literature on parental involvement in early years settings. Findings suggest that more policy work and development is needed in the early years sector, particularly in ensuring clear and accessible guidelines on food in early years settings are readily available, and that practitioners and parents have more clarity about their mutual roles and responsibilities in this.