<p>The role of parenting in the development of children's learning constitutes, at present, part of the discussion in the psychoeducational field. Although parental competencies and executive functions have been investigated from the field of psychology and neuropsychology, they have not been studied from the specificity of the psychopedagogical perspective. The objective of the present study was to analyze the effect of parental competences perceived by parents on behavioral executive functions and performance on objective tests that assess reading and mathematical competence in children. We worked with 131 school children of both sexes between 9 and 11 years of age and their respective parents. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and structural equation model (SEM) were used. The results indicate that parental skills from the parents' perspective have a significant effect on executive functions, and reading skills and mathematical skills. However, the best fit model indicates that EFs mediate the relationship between parenting skills and reading and math skills.</p>
<p><strong>Keywords:</strong> parental skills; executive functions; academic competencies; learning; children.</p>