Parental expectations

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Parenting

Types of parent

Adolescent fathers Adolescent mothers Adoptive parents Expectant parents Fathers Foster parents Homosexual parents Mothers Single parents Single fathers Single mothers Stepparents Surrogate parents (human)

Articles concerning parents

Delayed parenthood Father child relations Mother child relations Parent child communication Parent child relations Parent child interaction Parent educational background Parent school relationship Parent training Parental absence Parental attitudes Parental characteristics Parental expectations Parental investment Parental occupation Parental permissiveness Parental role Parenthood status Parenting skills

Related topics

Alloparenting Animal maternal behavior Animal parental behavior Animal rearing Bateman's principle Child discipline Child rearing practices Corporal punishment in the home

Parental expectations are an aspect of parental attitudes and are the hopes and aspirations that parents might have for their children, in terms of, for example, their educational attainment, occupational status etc.

See also

• Parent child relations
• Parental investment
• Parental role