Parental Conflict and Child Development

As a child, we rely heavily on our parents to satisfy our basic needs, to shape, guide, nurture and help our emotions, behavior and relationships. For children, families understand and explain their precious environment as personal development. As Bjorklund and Pelligrini (2001) asserts, we are 'slow growing brain species', our brains are relatively large, requiring long term immaturity. Eisenberg, N., Siegler, R .;

To most parents, understanding children is a lifelong job. Each child is unique in different ways. When the child feels misunderstood, rejected and manipulated, he resent, confrontation, or rebellion at the psychological level. This often happens when parents strongly oppose ideas on children's educational methods. Children are more likely to become aggressive behaviors, adults' anti-social trends appear in various forms of expression, as a result childhood personality develops as a result. Adverse effect

Contradiction takes various forms, and certain contradictions are particularly devastating to children. Hetherington (2003) discovered a collision, physical violence, intimidation or abuse with a child's parents or directly involved children, and a child's conflict between two parents in the middle of the child. Various studies indicate that separation and divorce may lead to confusion of parenting style. Simons et al. (1999) discovered that the quality of maternity coordinates the link between divorce and child coordination. Furthermore, the extent to which the father participates in child rearing explains a part of the relationship between divorce and male externalization. A non-custodial father is less likely to help a child solve problems or discuss behavioral standards and do discipline than a full family father.

The influence of family structure and family change on child's outcome: Personal reading of research literature

The conflict between parents and children is inevitable for families. Adolescence is the best time for power and autonomy struggle between parents and children (Santrock, 2008), because failing problem solving leads to parent-child conflict and frequency. Parent-child confrontation is also one of the important predictors of coordination of adolescent youth behavior, social and emotional adjustment (Barber & Delfabbro, 2000). When a teenager has more conflict with parents, they experience stronger negative emotions (Chung, Flook, & Fuligni, 2009). However, after effectively managing parent-child conflicts, adolescents can successfully undertake the roles and responsibilities of adults (Hill, 1988, Laursen et al., Quoted in 1998).