Parenting style and academics

    As the school year comes to a close, here’s a study I found about the impact of parenting style on academic achievement.

    The April 2008 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin published a study suggesting that parenting style has an effect on students’ work ethic. Parents with an “authoritarian” style (strict, control-oriented parents) were more likely to have children whose “conscientiousness” or work ethic declined over the course of a year. This was related to a decline in grades a year later.

    You can read more here.

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    One Response to Parenting style and academics
    1. essentuki
      July 23, 2009 | 8:02 pm

      Very useful information. I think it is useful for many people. Thank you for your blogs.