Parent child relations

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Parenting

Types of parent

Adolescent fathers Adolescent mothers Adoptive parents Expectant parents Fathers Foster parents Homosexual parents Mothers Single parents Single fathers Single mothers Stepparents Surrogate parents (human)

Articles concerning parents

Delayed parenthood Father child relations Mother child relations Parent child communication Parent child relations Parent child interaction Parent educational background Parent school relationship Parent training Parental absence Parental attitudes Parental characteristics Parental expectations Parental investment Parental occupation Parental permissiveness Parental role Parenthood status Parenting skills

Related topics

Alloparenting Animal maternal behavior Animal parental behavior Animal rearing Bateman's principle Child discipline Child rearing practices Corporal punishment in the home

Parent child relations are an aspect of family relations.

Theoretical perspectives

• Attachment theory
• Attachment disorders

Parenting factors

While it is true that the development of relationships between a parent and a child can depends on the child, generally the parent is in position to control the reinforcement contingencies and their role, values and methods of child discipline and other Child rearing practices can have considerable influence on the course of the relationship:

• Parental permisiveness
• Parent-offspring conflict

See also

• Codependency
• Dependency
• Empty nest
• Generation gap
• Family conflict
• Nurturance
• Overdependence
• Parent child communication
• Parent child interaction
• Parent-offspring conflict
• Transgenerational patterns