Monitoring and Supervision in ‘Ordinary’ Families

Based on over 100 interviews with young people aged 11 to 16 and their parents, this book looks at how monitoring and supervision are handled in ordinary families. It includes: how parents obtain information about what their children are doing; the areas that parents monitor, such as social life, friendships, school, use of media and technology, and health; the role of the wider support network in assisting with monitoring; factors that influence monitoring, including family structure, parental employment, religious beliefs, age and gender.