Authors: Stella Karimi Muthomi and Boniface Njuguna Mwangi Africa Nazarene University, Box 53067-00200, Nairobi Email: stellakarimi1234@gmail.com Abstract Previous studies point out that parents play an important role in the academic performance of learners in ECD, however, they fall short of delineating how the specific parental characteristics such as educational background, occupation, attitude and involvement influence…