Parenting style was found to be significantly related to adolescent outcomes in multiple domains including externalizing and internalizing behaviors, academic achievement, work potential, sexual experience and pregnancy history. Furthermore, a significant difference was not found between Authoritative and Authoritarian parenting. The study is available in word, word perfect or pdf formats. Bayer Corporation and the National Science Foundation recently asked more than 1,000 of the nation's Ph. More than 60 percent said their interest began before they were 11 years old and that their parents were the single most influential factor stoking that interest - though what their parents did was very simply to encourage them to pursue their interest, rather than act as experts on the subject.
Females develop as early an interest in science as males is good news.
Nevertheless, girls and boys start out on an equal playing field and parents have a significant role in keeping it level, particularly in light of the challenges their children will face in the future. For girls, the middle school years can be a time when self-esteem and academic achievement decline significantly. This brochure discusses how parents, teachers, and administrators can try to prevent this decline in self-esteem of preadolescent and adolescent girls and how they can encourage these girls to achieve academically. Promoting Females' Success in Science by Penny Hammrich, Educational Bulletin , Vol. Additionally, the program's designers are interested in reforming girls' perceptions of science and mathematics education and in encouraging more girls to view science and mathematics as career options.