BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY PROBLEM STATEMENT PURPOSE OF STUDY SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Parenting styles as listed by Baumrind 1991 have four primary styles which are authoritative parents, authoritarian parents, permissive parents and uninvolved parents[ CITATION Kop07 \l 1033 ]. Each of the styles has different degree of warmth and control towards their children’s development. For this study, it focuses on two parenting styles which are an authoritative parents and uninvolved or neglectful parents. These two styles will relate on effect towards children development and educational theories such as Piaget’s theory, Vygotsky’s theory and Bronfenbrenner’s theory.

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT

Some parents are not realizing that their parenting style may affect their children development. This is because most of them sometimes being neglectful and too controlling their children. According to Kopko 2007, parents gain benefit from an understanding that how their parenting style gives a basis for many healthy developmental outcomes during teen age. It is very important for the parents to know their parenting styles to help their children to become a successful person and develop their skills very well. 1

1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY

This study was carried out to determine the following:  To compare children’s development between authoritative parents and neglectful parents  To describe on how parenting styles affect their children’s development  To clarify the parents that parenting styles affect children’s development

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY

It is particularly obvious that students and teachers nowadays still not realize the positive effects of music towards their academic achievement. As this study investigate the relation between music and academic achievement, it is hoped that the outcome of the study will be beneficial in order to help teachers and students to understand the relation between music and academic achievement and the positive effects.

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS