Parenting on Purpose, Strategies to Support the Social Emotional Competency of Adolescents in Secondary School

• In Event: Special Topics in Education

Abstract

The current study employs a collective case study design to discover perceived parenting strategies that foster social-emotional health in secondary grade students and to answer the research question: What parenting strategies support the social-emotional competence of adolescent students in secondary schools? The context of the study selected was a suburban community in Southern California, because of the city’s emphasis on family-oriented activities and high involvement of parent support. A total of 16 parents participated in the study. Epstein et al.’s (2002) six types of parent involvement served as the theoretical framework guided the interview questions. Strategies that support parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with the community emerged from data analyses are presented and discussed.

Authors

• Austin Andrade

• Ying Hong Jiang, Azusa Pacific University