The relationship between parents and children is a complex system of relationships, the subject of the study of the psychology of parenthood, the purpose of which is to determine the mechanisms of the development of ties between parents and children, the mutual influence of generations on each other, as well as the prevention of psychological problems of mutual understanding between parents and children. Difficulties in the relationship between parents and children are the most common reason for families to turn to psychologists.
The modern institution of the family is going through a crisis. Instability of family relations, loss of the ability and desire to raise a child properly is determined by a number of external and internal factors. What factors influence the relationship between parents and children? What are the main mistakes made by modern parents that critically affect the formation of a child’s personality? The relationship between parents and children: general theoretical concepts and relationships There is not a single psychological theory that allows you to build an ideal relationship between parents and children due to the individuality of the characters of each of the participants in the system, circumstances, external and internal factors.
For a child, the family is the main habitat, development and psychological formation. It is in the family during early childhood that the child comprehends the basic models of social relationships (including the relationship between parents and children on the example of the relationship between parents and the older generation). Childhood is the main period of human development, when he learns to know the world, comprehends the basic mechanisms of cognition, the foundations of relationships between people. Psychologists believe that it is in childhood that the basic skills and abilities, psychological qualities of a person’s character are laid, which he only develops throughout his later life. The institution of the family is extremely important for the child, since the period of childhood is characterized by partial isolation from society. Parents for a child are the main source of comprehension of human relations. The formation of a child’s personality is influenced not only by the relationship of his parents to the child himself, but also by the relationship of parents among themselves.
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