PARENTS AND CHILDREN

Parents and Children

Parents and Children

The dynamics between parents and children show how relations exist between them. These dynamics depend on how parents and children communicate, play role in the family, hold control of resources and power of decision making (Tamis et al 2008). The parent-child dynamics change as family member change their roles, get older, add to relations, etc. These dynamics are also changed due to demographical, geographical and societal changes such as culture, language, values and the like. An understanding of these dynamics will help parents and children to adjust their relations in the best possible manner.

Parent-Child Communication

Parents and their adult children may not have lived together for some time. Thus, the tendency may be for either or both parties to not realize that their relational dynamics have changed. Therefore, there may need to be dialogue on such things as household rules and basic expectations that could need modification from what they were prior to adult children first moving out of their parents' households (De Mol 2008). For instance, conversations on such things as curfews (if any), guest visits, family obligations, or general privacy concerns may need to be held. In essence, rules that were once in place when children were adolescents may no longer be applicable (e.g., being home by 11:00 p.m.). Furthermore, there may be new behaviors that were not practiced when children were younger, such as having romantic interests spending the night (Tamis et al 2008).

It is important for parents and adult children to remember that as their relational roles with each other evolve and change over time, the communicative exchanges held with each other will be impacted. As a result, some adjustments by both parents and adult children may be needed (De Mol 2008). However, it is not uncommon to experience ...