Parenting Practices, Child Adjustment, and Family Diversity

The associations between parenting practices and child outcomes are well documented, however, the generalizability of the association across different race/ethnicity, family structure, education, gender, and family income is still unknown. The study examined the issue in two age groups: 5-11 years (wave one) and 12-18 years (wave two), and results supported the notion that optimal parenting did not vary across family contexts.