Longitudinal studies have found that the parenting variable that is most predictive of academic achievement among working-class and middle-class Latino and African American families as well as middle-income white families is ___________________
a. the amount of parental warmth and monitoring of the student
b. related to the strictness of the parent
c. the amount of homework the parent requires the teen to do
d. the parents’ own level of academic achievement in middle and high school
Answer: A
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