Parent Interview about Cognitive Development

The parent that I talked to has a fourth grader and like before this interview was informal and more like a conversation. First off I asked the parent if she has ever perfomed activities with the child such as the play-doh activity that I had performed with her son and she said no so I explained to her some different things she could do with him such as activites with weight or volume. Then I asked her if she felt that culture had a role on the development of chidrens cognition she said yes she did think that culture has a impact on this she felt that a childs background and a childs everyday activities could either help a child or hinder them in thier development. I also asked her if she felt that it was important to show her child how to perform a task such as a board game and then over time back away from showing them what to do and she agreed that this was important so the child could learn on thier own and through expeirence. This instruction just described is called scaffolding.