On the basis of research on parenting, what advice should counselors give parents about how much to be involved in their adolescents' school life?

a. Parents should not be involved in school-related activities, like monitoring homework, so that their adolescents will learn to handle their own problems with class work and teachers.
b. Parents should become more involved when there are behavior problems in school, but adolescents should handle all of their own academic problems.
c. Adolescents' academic achievement is likely to benefit when parents remain actively involved in school-related activities like monitoring homework and serving as partners in school decision making.
d. Reduced parental involvement in school-related activities promoted positive growth in autonomy and peer relations.


c

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