JPSY_V8_N4_RP4 R. Grace Sophia A. Veliappan Journal on Educational Psychology 2230 – 7141 8 4 25 30 Parental Encouragement, Health Care, Gender, Medium of Instruction The purpose of the present study is to explore how parents are encouraging towards health care of their wards. A ‘Survey Method’ was used in the present study. A standardized ‘Agarwal Parental Encouragement Scale (APES)’ was used to collect information from the students. The sample consists of thousand and ninety five higher secondary students from Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts. Percentage analysis and 't' test were used for data analysis. Findings of the study indicate that, the male and female higher secondary students, significantly differed from their parental encouragement on health care. Similarly, the higher secondary students studying in Tamil and English medium, significantly differed from their parental encouragement on health care. February - April 2015 Copyright © 2015 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=3269