Parent child relationship and home environment among teenagers

Parents are among the most important people in the lives of young

children. From birth, children are learning and rely on mothers and

fathers, as well as other caregivers acting in the parenting role, to

protect and care for them and to chart a trajectory that promotes their

overall well-being. While parents generally are filed with anticipation

about their children's unfolding personalities, many also lack

knowledge about how best to provide for them.

Many different relationships people form over the course of the life

span, the relationship between parent and child is among the most

important. The quality of the parent-child relationship is affected by

the parent's age, experience and self-confidence, the stability of the

parent's marriage and the unique characteristics of the child compared

with those of the parent.

At the same time this study was fundamentally informed by

recognition that the task of ensuring children, s healthy development

does not rest solely with parents or families.