Latino Parents Perception

There are many differences within other cultures that have various types of effects upon parent involvement and perception. DeCario, Gudino, Baweja, and Nadeem (2014) study centered the focus on Latino cultures as a whole, because the increase of Latino immigrants within countries keeps rising. This study showed that Latino parents had a high rate of parent expectations and involvement because parents valued the outcome of their child’s future. In other words, Latino parents monitored their children out of fear of their children losing themselves to the dangers of bad influence, which would cause them to put education to the side. For example, the fear of their children joining gangs, doing drugs, and not continuing with their education was

Which in this case can connect to the Filipino culture due to the fact that children are seen as a source to provide for their families whether it is through a high education or only working to supply financially for their family at a young age. Which is why Latino parents have high expectations because they want a better outcome for their children. Now although Latinos have high expectations and involvement there are also boundaries faced within these families. For instance, many Latinos do not share the common language of English, which makes it harder for them to not only communicate but also assist and understand their child throughout their school years. Since it is difficult for Latino parents to understand what their child is going through in school, it can also set a drive and support system in which the parent is involved in school and at home to understand them and show them the unity within their family. Latino parents hold higher expectation because their involving themselves within their education to support them in order for their children to have the opportunity they themselves did not have. Areepattamannil and Lee

Among those cultures, African-Americans were among the cultures that demonstrated to have high and low parental involvement in their children’s educational performance. African American parents tend to be more critical of their children’s school agenda because they do not want their child to fail in certain curriculums. Lee and Bowen (2006) discovered that although African American parents do tend to care about their children’s education, but are less engaged in their academic experiences. For example, like attending school events, social events or one on one meeting with teachers. The lack of communication between parents and teachers was also an important factor that related to the lack of parental involvement among African Americans, as well as Hispanic parents, in their children’s academic experiences. The lack of communication between a parent and teacher can negatively affect a student’s academic achievement (e.g. activities, checking homework, encouraging reading). It can affect the child’s academic achievement because the lack of parent involvement displays the unimportance of education a parent has, meaning that a child might not have any desire to continue their education since their parents do apply importance to it. Another factor that affects African American parents involvement are demographic characteristics. For instance, African American children that were high achievers were