ABSTRACT
Kerr and Stattin (this volume) address the issue of parental monitoring and adolescent delinquent behavior. A better understanding of the key dimensions and behaviors within the realm of parental monitoring is certainly a worthy research pursuit, given the strong association of monitoring with delinquency and substance use. For example, Friedman, Lichtenstein, and Biglan (1985) found that over 80% of smoking initiation episodes occurred in friends’ houses with no supervising adult present.
