Parenting and Parental Involvement in Secondary School: Focus Groups with Adolescents’ Parents

Authors

  • Marisa Costa Universidade Lusíada
  • Luísa Faria Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272767201704

Keywords:

parenting, involvement, parent school relationship, focus group, adolescents

Abstract

Parental role in the adolescents’ development is widely described as challenging, particularly regarding their involvement in school education. With the aim of examining parents’ perceptions about parenting role, parental involvement and family-school partnership in the secondary school, two focus groups were conducted with parents in two public schools. Results, overall, indicate that the establishment of rules, monitoring and support were very challenging and important to the adolescents’ development. Parental involvement change throughout school and several reasons were pointed out to the changes observed in secondary school: the demands of the level of education, the lack of time, adolescents’ autonomy, , and teachers’ communication style. Regarding family-school relations, the parents shared different experiences about the way the partnership was promoted and developed.

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Published

2017-08-01

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How to Cite

Parenting and Parental Involvement in Secondary School: Focus Groups with Adolescents’ Parents. (2017). Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 27(67), 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272767201704