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Appendix E: Background Paper: Parenting During the Transitions to Adulthood--Katherine Jewsbury Conger, Rand D. Conger, Stephen T. Russell, and Nicole Hollis
Appendix E: Background Paper: Parenting During the Transitions to Adulthood--Katherine Jewsbury Conger, Rand D. Conger, Stephen T. Russell, and Nicole Hollis
Pages 177-190
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University of Arizona Nicole Hollis University of California, Davis Parenting During the Transition to Young Adulthood, 178 Positive Parenting of Young Adults, 179 Promoting Positive Parenting, 183 Final Thoughts and Future Directions, 185 References, 186 This paper was commissioned by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC)
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found multiple pathways to adulthood based on five common transitions experienced by American youth: completing education, leaving home, becoming employed, childbearing, and getting married (see also Furstenberg, 2008, 2010; Settersten, 2012; Shanahan et al., 2005)
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, "we know some things," good parenting of children and adolescents involves warmth and support, clear expectations and limits, and reasonable consequences for when children fail to meet expectations for appropriate behavior, along with the provision of adequate food, health care, shelter, and clothing. A central question for present purposes involves the degree to which we can identify similarly effective parental behaviors for young adults.
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. Does it make sense for parents entering middle age to invest heavily in their YA children with an uncertain return, or should they invest in their 1 FERPA:Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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raise the issue of "smart debt" for young adults as they invest in their own education with the prospect of paying it off; they also suggest that smart debt may include getting a good degree from a public university instead of a gold-plated degree from an expensive private school that may compromise the future financial health of parents and young adults alike. Similarly, for some parents and YA children, co-residence during the college years or a first job may set the stage for a successful transition to independent living in young adulthood (e.g., Goldscheider et al., 2001; Settersten, 2012)
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Relational maturity also includes becoming less self-oriented and developing more consideration of others, which are important attributes when making decisions about social and romantic relationships. These lessons in societal expectations and consequences of norm violations can be especially important in the rapidly changing age of social media.
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What if your parents did not attend college, are non-native English speakers, are undocumented immigrants, or just don't see the value of higher education? How do we, as researchers and policy makers, start gathering information that provides meaning to the aggregate data available from demographers and economists?
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. These vulnerable youth include homeless youth, youth aged out of the foster care system, incarcerated youth, and youth with mental illness and chronic physical illness.
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. In addition, a discussion of the parenting of young adults, especially during a time of economic uncertainty, provides an opportunity for all concerned to engage in the ongoing debate about the competing interests of research, policy development, and service delivery, and what steps we might take to bridge the gaps among these three distinct cultures.
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The "how" of this supportive relationship changes with age and maturity, but the fundamental principles remain the same. Although parents may feel that they are on their own in "launching" their YA children into the next stage of adulthood, social and public institutions need to recognize that healthy, happy, successful young adults benefit themselves, their families, and all of society.
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. Romantic relationships from adolescence to young adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
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Child Trends Research Brief. Washington, DC.
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. Financial socialization of first-year college students: The role of parents, work, and education.
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