Parenting Styles in the New Normal of Carrascal National High School, Division of Surigao del Sur, Philippines

Abstract

The study presented in this paper sought to find the parenting styles in the new normal of Carrascal National High School, Division of Surigao del Sur, as well as the relationship between parents' profile and their parenting style. Parenting styles being considered are: Authoritative, Authoritarian, Uninvolved, and Permissive based on the theory of Baumrind (1971).

Out of 1,389 parents for School Year 2020-20201, with 95% confidence level, parents were randomly selected as part of the sample. A survey utilizing validated items was conducted to gather data from the identified respondents. Findings were based on the results from the questionnaire given to the 311 respondents.

The study shows that the dominant parenting style of the parents of Carrascal National High School, Division of Surigao del Sur in the new normal is Authoritative.

Findings suggest that in order to enhance the parental support to the learners of Carrascal National High School, Division of Surigao del Sur, there is a need to conduct orientation of the parents on Responsible Parenthood. The orientation must focus on the improvement of the following indicators: Encouraging children to talk about their troubles, Emphasizing the reasons for rules, Giving praise to the performance of children, Avoidance on scolding children when behavior doesn't meet parent's expectations, Avoidance on stating punishments to children but do not actually do them, and Not spoiling children.