The Social Ecology of Parenting Adolescents

• Linking Maternal and Paternal Work to Girls’ and Boys’ Adjustment in Mexican American Families
  Presented by: Lorey A. Wheeler, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Ann C. Crouter

• Inter-parental Incongruence in Gender Role Attitudes, and Longitudinal Associations Between Marital Qualities and Coparenting in African American Families
  Presented by: Elizabeth M. Riina, Susan M. McHale

• Gender Dynamics Within Families and Adolescents’ Intrinsically and Extrinsically Motivated Work Values
  Presented by: Christine Stanik, Susan M. McHale

Abstracts

The Social Ecology of Parenting Adolescents

Presented by: Elizabeth M Riina, Susan M McHale, Lorey A. Wheeler, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Ann C. Crouter, Christine Stanek, Heather Helms

Adolescence can be a stressful time for families, when mothers and fathers face new challenges as parents. In part, the challenges of parenting adolescents stem from youths' increasing autonomy, independence, and peer involvement, which require parents and youth to renegotiate their roles and relationships. Together, the papers in this symposium are designed to illuminate the role of the social ecology in mothers' and fathers' parenting of adolescent offspring--as youth change across the course of adolescence. In addition to their longitudinal designs, each paper focuses on the experiences of mothers and fathers, vis-a-vis their sons and daughters.