Effective Parenting During the Early Adolescent Transition

In this paper I develop a conceptual framework for predicting the impact on adolescents of various facets of parental demandingness and responsiveness. My focus is on effective parenting during the early adolescent transition when Time 3 data were collected as part of the Family Socialization and Developmental Competence Project (FSP), a longitudinal program of research. I first discuss sociopolitical and developmental features that impact on the adolescent-parent relationship and then contrast two views of the parent-adolescent bond which are dubbed “classic” and “contemporary.” FSP findings on effective parenting are presented, followed by a discussion of the implications of the early adolescent data for the classic and contemporary views.