Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (Online) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (Print) Volume 8, Issue 2, April- June, 2020 DIP: 18.01.024/20200802, DOI: 10.25215/0802.024 http://www.ijip.in © 2020, S. Venkatesan; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Uninvolved parenting in children with academic delays and specific learning disabilities S. Venkatesan 1 * ABSTRACT New forms, types, styles and practices of parenting are emerging in contemporary times. Existing tools are unable to detect these upcoming nuances in parenting. The ongoing development and validation of the "Parental Opinion and Practices Scale" has completed the try-out of its "hyper-parenting" domain. This study seeks to validate the 20-item scale as its next domain on "uninvolved" parenting. A cross-sectional mixed research design covered a convenience sample of 74 parents (36 fathers and 38 mothers) of secondary and high school children with academic delays and specific learning disabilities. Results show a trend toward uninvolved parenting, which appears to be greater in fathers than mothers and those with higher than lower educational qualifications. Item analysis brings out a profile of mildly uninterested, unconcerned, and uninvolved parents in these children. The discussion covers whether this trend is the cause or consequence of an academically ever-failing child. The derived norms, reliability, and validity coefficients of this domain-specific parenting scale show promise for its regular use in early screening or identification of such parents to formulate, plan, implement, and evaluate appropriate training programs. Keywords: Neglectful Parenting, Academic Delay, Learning Disability, Hyper-parenting Parenting is both a state as well as a process. In either way, they form a tremendous influence on the behavior and development of a child (Chao & Tseng, 2002). Parenting practices cover many aspects like involvement, monitoring, goal-setting, abiding by rules, regulations, or value systems. It begins at birth and extends throughout life. The universal goals of parenting are to ensure the physical health and survival of the progeny, ensure the advancement of their capacities for economic self-maintenance, and continuation of the species or race across generations (Selin, 2014). Parenting styles are different from parenting practices (Darling & Steinberg, 1993). There can be differences in parenting styles for fathers and mothers (Simons & Conger, 2007). Available theories on parenting highlight its protective nature and functions for the benefit of children. Children turn vulnerable to abuse, violence, aggression, conduct disturbances, or delinquency without appropriate and adequate parenting. 1 Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangotri, Mysore, Karnataka, India *Responding Author Received: April 13, 2020; Revision Received: May 24, 2020; Accepted: June 25, 2020