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Some children have great relationships with their parents and some do not. Most children have a parent that they are closer with. ... What affects children and their relationships with their parents? People often wonder why there are differences in parent/child relationships, why the outcomes are the way they are, why most children feel a more emotional bond with their mothers rather than their fathers, and how divorce, abuse, and neglect affects children for the rest of their life. ... Many families have bad relationships. ... Whether it be between husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, parent and child, something has to affect how one another treat each other. ... According to the book, Good Families Don’t Just Happen, many factors go into a parent/child relationship. ... For instance, it is a common known fact that if a child is neglected, he or she is not going to be close with their parents. Also, if a child is abused, he is going to have a constant afraid feeling of his parents which will probably continue into his adulthood and even possible cause psychological damage.
However, in the book, Good Families Don’t Just Happen, the positive aspects of relationships are examined. ... They will start doing strange things like biting their nails, picking up toys that they normally let lay all around, and they will also start being more obedient, trying to be the “perfect child” (www. ... For example, at sporting events, parents tend to turn into their child’s own personal coach and get the attitude that they know better. ... Parents need to separate themselves from sporting events and be their child’s “cheerleader” (C. ... Children who see their parents fight all the time when they are young, are likely to have bad relationships with their significant other. ... Children who grow up seeing their parents kiss and hug are apt to have great relationships when they are older (Parker 10).
Approximate Word count = 1510
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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