J. Shakila
Parent-child relationship is very important in building self-confidence and self respect amongst children. The quality of the parent-child relationship is affected by the parent's age, experience, and self-confidence; the stability of the parent’s marriage and parent's employment; and the unique characteristics of the child compared with those of the parents and factors that may affect the parent -child relationship in a family include the child's physical appearance, sex, birth order and temperament. Parents should provide equal opportunity to girls and try to understand their problem. The best way to make children good is to make them happy. Especially Girl child education becomes pertinent for the attainment of national development. This study examined the Academic performance of secondary school girl children in relation to their parent-child relationship. The main objectives of the study were 1)To study the relationship between Academic Performance and Parent– Child relationship of Secondary school girl children.2)To study the effect of the following variables on the academic performance of Secondary School girl children with reference to Locality, Medium of Instruction and parental education.3)To study the effect of the following variables on the Parent – Child relationship of Secondary school girl children with reference to Locality, Medium of Instruction and parental education. The sample of the present study has taken from 1200 Secondary school girl students and adopted Normative Survey Method. The tool adopted for the study is the ‘Parent Child Relationship Scale’ developed and standardized by NaliniRao, was administered for the present study.
Academic Performance, Parent-Child Relationship, Girl Children.