Margarida Mesquita comments on parents' investment in their children's studies in Correio da Manhã
Researcher Margarida Mesquita was one of the experts invited to comment on special news story in the newspaper Correio da Manhã entitled “Investing everything in children up to the university”.
In a story published last Friday, the newspaper underlines the investment many families make in the education of their children, associating the benefits to possible advantages in the future, either in relation to the job market, a greater mobility or remuneration, or simply for their wellbeing. As one of the invited experts for this news piece, researcher Margarida Mesquita highlights the importance of the investment in education in the relationship between parents and their children, as a way for parents to show that children are their priority.
Margarida Mesquita is an Auxiliary Professor at ISCSP and a researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies. An expert in Sociology of the Family, she is the author of Parentalidade(s) nas Famílias Nucleares Contemporâneas.