Parental monitoring is a set of correlated parenting behaviors involving attention to and tracking of the child’s whereabouts, activities, and adaptations. The impact of parental monitoring is ubiquitous and has broad relevance for youth outcomes. Similarly, although less commonly investigated, youth behaviors can impact parents’ or caregivers’ responses or behaviors. Longitudinal analysis was used to assess the gendered effects of youth behaviors—defined as internalized anger, externalized anger, and delinquency—on parent behaviors (i.e., parental monitoring). Results showed that adolescent’s levels of internalized anger, externalized anger, and delinquency were predictive of parental monitoring. Specifically, as the adolescents aged, parental monitoring decreased and parental monitoring was differentiated based on gender. Results and implications for the parent–child relationship are discussed.

父母监护是一组相关的育儿行为，涉及对孩子的下落，活动和适应的关注和跟踪。父母监督的影响无处不在，并且与青年的结局有着广泛的关系。同样，尽管调查较少，但青少年的行为会影响父母或照顾者的反应或行为。纵向分析被用来评估青年行为对父母行为的性别影响（定义为内在愤怒，外在愤怒和犯罪）（例如，父母监控）。结果显示，青少年内在愤怒，外在愤怒和犯罪的程度预示着父母的监控。具体而言，随着青少年的年龄增长，父母监护减少，并且父母监护根据性别而有所不同。