Sub Question: What role does environment and ethnicity in parental involvements for high school students in America?
As years continue to proceed the amount of parental involvement changes from smothering one’s child to never speaking to another. The different types of these parenting include permissive parenting meaning parents almost “tip-toe” around their children not wanting to create anger upon them. Authoritarian parenting includes very strict discipline plans that are usually given to the child at a young age. Authoritative parenting maintains high expectations for their child1. Although this category sounds similar to authoritarian, …show more content…
Steven O. Robert, a professor at New York University, claims how most races parents aren't apart of the child’s life. The solution Robert stated was simple which is spending more time with your child such as doing homework with them or taking them to school or practice.5 This can become productive due to multiple studies that show this solutions actually operate. They proved this worked by using these lessons in therapy sessions. As the studies continues is goes deeper it explains how African American and Hispanics have problems in academics as their parents don't either care for their grades or school work they have to do. “Racial and Ethnic Variation in Parental Home Involvement: A Look at the Effect of School Characteristics on Home Literacy Involvement” is the document by Littisha Bates who goes to the University of Cincinnati and participates in the Sociology Department that says how Asian Americans have been told to have the highest level of educational expectations and European American parents are said to “engage in family discussions(Suizzo Stapleton, 2007)6.” As more problems are created so are solutions. The solution can be done by steps or just a simple action such as being more involved with children that is confessed above