Question

What is parental monitoring, and what are its advantages? In what circumstances are adolescents likely to feel more comfortable disclosing information to their parents? Does technology make it easier for adolescents to disclose to parents? Consider the differences from when you were an adolescent compared to today's youth in the monitoring behaviors your parents engaged in. Answer should be 350-500 words.

Answer 1

Parental monitoring is generally an aspect which provide's information about the activities about their Children.What he/she is doing, Where he/she is going. This is like a survilliance system through which Parents can track thier Childrens activities quite easily.

It is quite useful for the parents these days because the Children's are diverting there Mind towards some Unethical practices which are posing a threat to their life as well. Through this Parents can track their activities and can block their accessibility to several content on the Internet as well. They also need to brief them about such practices,how drastically they can effect their whole life.

When Children's in Adolescence period find their parents supportive and feel that they might understand their point of view,They tend to share their every thought to them and this bond is very usefull because through this kind of Parent-Child relationship Child gets moral backing from the parents and it will also help in facing any situation in the life.

The Parenting style has changed very drastically in comparison to the past or you can say in our initial days.

In our period this whole monitoring concept is quiet limted because at that the usage of Internet is quiet limited But today the reach of Internet is in the every corner of the world and for Childrens it is quite easy to get Excess to It.

Parents these days pay a very close watch on their Children's activity on the Internet because it is quiet necessary to be updated with the activities of their Child.

This kind of Parenting approach is also proposed by the Researchers as they found this age group is very sensitive,It is age which shapes the future of the Children.If Parents  somehow being able to guide their Chidren to the right path A bright future is waiting for their Child.