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Parenting practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican mothers.

By Acosta, Neifi; Bouris, Alida; Dittus, Patricia; Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent; Jaccard, James; Johansson, Margaret
Publication: Social Work
Date: Monday, January 1 2007

This study presents descriptive qualitative data about Latino parenting practices in an urban context. Focus groups were conducted with Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent pairs in the Bronx borough of New York City. When parenting style typologies are integrated with the Latino cultural components familismo, respeto, personalismo, and simpatia, Latino parenting practices and their underlying styles are better understood. Content analysis of parents' focus groups revealed five essential Latino parenting practices: (1) ensuring close monitoring of adolescents; (2) maintaining warm

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