Parental Involvement with Adolescents' Education: Do Daughters or Sons Get More Help?.

Carter, Rebecca S.; Wojtkiewicz, Roger A.

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ERIC Number: EJ619324

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Parental Involvement with Adolescents' Education: Do Daughters or Sons Get More Help?

Carter, Rebecca S.; Wojtkiewicz, Roger A.

Adolescence, v35 n137 p29-44 Spr 2000

Examines whether parents are involved differently with the education of their adolescent daughters and sons. Results show that parents help daughters and sons in different ways. Findings are discussed in terms of parents' traditional socialization practices versus a shift in parental treatment in response to social trends. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Expectation, Middle Schools, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Sex Differences, Socialization, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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