Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

The study was carried out at Barpeta district of lower Assam. The sample comprises of 200 Class XI adolescents in the age group of 16 to 17 years. Biological parents with whom sample adolescents are living from birth were also included under the study. To make the sample representative equal numbers of boys and girls from both rural and urban areas were selected. A semi –structured interview schedule was adopted for collecting data on problems associated with parenting. Home visit was conducted for interviewing parents of the sample adolescents. Frequencies and percentages were computed and tabulated to analyze the findings. Results of the study revealed that most of the rural and urban parent’s perceived problems associated with monitoring and controlling of their adolescents. Most of the adolescents also had perception on their parents’ problem in parenting them on different aspects of monitoring and controlling.