Question

In family interpersonal relationshi
- between parents and children is
important? Why a why not?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Children's emotional understanding

The parent–child relationship is widely considered to be an important context in which children learn about and begin to understand emotions (Dunn & Brown, 1994). Early parent–child relationships often include discussion of emotional states, and a number of studies have identified concurrent and longitudinal associations between children's discussions of emotions with parents and their understanding of emotions (e.g., Dunn, 1991; Laible, 2004; Laible & Thompson, 2000). Parents vary, however, in the extent to which they discuss emotions with their children. Relative to insecure parents, secure parents may feel more comfortable engaging in discussions with their children about positive and negative emotions, and as a result, children of secure parents may have greater opportunities to discuss and think about emotions. Open communication about emotions in the parent–child relationship, the hallmark of secure attachment (Bretherton, 1990), could be particularly central to the development of children's emotional understanding. Insecure parents, in contrast, may restrict communication about emotions, effectively limiting their children's opportunities for learning about emotions.