How do parents know what their children are doing?
There is a lot of research out there that says that parent monitoring predicts parent knowledge of their kid's behavior. It makes sense, right? Watch them and keep tabs and then you will know.
But there is a problem. Recent and more sophisticated research says that the number one way parents know what their kids (teens in the study I am thinking about) are doing is that their kids tell them what they are doing.
So, the question is, what kind of relationship would predict a child desiring to disclose information to his or her parents?
Any thoughts?
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Know what your kids are watching on TV, you could even help them choose. Try scaring them a little with baby borrowers. especially if your kids are teenagers thinking about having kids... they might learn a valuable lesson. someone needs to learn this unlike those girls in massachusetts
My parents had a great philosophy, when it came to disclosing our grades. They liked to know our progress before the formal report cards came. We always kept them in the loop, because they told us "just do the best you can, and we won't be upset. If you can't do your best, we'll help you." It worked. If we were slipping up, we asked for tutors rather than hiding our mistakes. That kind of confidence helped us talk to them about other things, too.
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