Essay - Parental Supervision: Its Effects on the Adolescents School Attendance Philadelphia...

PARENTAL SUPERVISION: ITS EFFECTS ON THE ADOLESCENTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC *****

ABSTRACT

Attainment of education is a critical predictor of various health related and mortality issues and truancy has a capacity to ultimately end the chance of academic achievement of a me*****ningful nature ***** to be associated with negative outcomes later in ***** life of the adolescent with poor school attendance. Parental involvement ***** been shown in several studies ***** be a critical factor ***** the school attendance record ***** the ***** individual. The work of Cookston informs this study that existing is "general d*****agreement regarding how much supervision is enough for older children, including adolescents. Moreover, early adolescents and older ***** are likely to require differing amounts and types of *****." (Cookston, 1999; 110) Findings in ***** study *****clude ***** adult supervision is ***** to both *****al ***** ***** *****-related problems that increase the risk ***** dropping out of school. P*****ntal absence from the home additionally affects ***** educational expectations of the household and the resulting motivation of the adolescent in *****.

PARENTAL *****: ITS EFFECTS ON THE ADOLESCENTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

Attainment ***** education is a ***** ***** of ***** health related ***** ***** issues and truancy has a capacity to ***** end the chance of academic achievement ***** a meaningful ***** and to ***** associated with ***** *****comes ***** in ***** life of the adolescent with ***** school attendance. Parental ***** ***** been s*****n in several ***** ***** be a critical factor in the school attendance ***** of the adolescent *****dividual.

BACKGROUND OF ***** STUDY

While little research exists relating to school attendance among adolescents and the affect ***** parent supervision has on school *****, studies do exist which show that parental involvement in and supervisi***** of a*****lescent's life ***** ***** has a gre*****t impact on ***** attendance Many homes today are single-parents homes and this too has an effect on whether the parents are individually ***** collectively active in supervision of their adolescent's education *****d free-time away from school and home.

REVIEW ***** THE LITERATURE

***** work of Jeffrey T. Cookston entitled: "Parental Supervision and Family Structure: Effects on Adolescent Problem Behaviors" states ***** parental supervision "defined as direct monitoring of the adolescent's activities or being available should the adolescent need assistance, has been related to a number of problem behaviors including school achievement" and cites the work of Coley and Hoffman (1996). (1999; 110) Fac*****rs, which affect the level of supervision parents provide to the *****, include that of the parent's vocational requirements. Cookston relates the importance ***** acknowledging the fact that parental ***** experiences a decline during adolescence as the child becomes more able to take care of him or herself. However, there is noted as well a "general disagreement regarding how much ***** is enough f***** ***** children, including *****s. Moreover, early adolescents and older ***** are likely to require ***** amounts and types ***** supervision." (Cookston, ***** 110)

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