Özet:

As a child grows up in the pre-school period, he is expected to meet his basic needs. The practice of supporting the self-care skills provided to the child in this period holds an important place. In the acquisition of these skills, the parents, especially the mothers, have an important role and responsibilities. The aim of the study is to reveal whether the conditions in which children and parents have (the child's gender, age, time to go to school, the type of school, the mother's age, the state of education, the state of work, the father's age, the state of education and the socio-economic state of the family) whether the mothers create a significant difference in their practices of supporting the child's self-care skills. The research is in the general scan model of the quantum research patterns. The research sample was formed by the mother of 330 children continuing to the official and private pre-school education institutions in the Muğla districts. In the research, the data collection tool was used in the General Information Form and Care Skills of Parental Support Reserve (BEDE). The study found that the age of children and the duration of schooling increased, the practices of supporting the self-care skills of the mothers increased, and that there was a significant difference in the benefit of the mothers who continued their child to a private pre-school education institution. There was no significant difference between the other variables and the practices of mothers supporting their children’s self-care skills. The findings of the research were discussed in the light of the relevant literature.