According To A Study, Effective Parenting Throughout The Adolescent Years Fosters Subsequent Intimacy And Warmth

According to a recent study, good parenting techniques throughout adolescence build the groundwork for close parent-child interactions when the children are young adults. According to Greg Fosco, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State and associate director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Protection Research Center, the study is one of the first to look at how changes in parental participation, warmth, and effective rigor during teen years predict the caliber of relationships between parents and their young adult children.

The study’s results were just released in Developmental Psychology. In a long-term study of families in rural and semi-rural Pennsylvania and Iowa, 1,631 individuals who completed questionnaires between sixth and 12th grade and again at age 22 were surveyed.

“Our study revealed that parenting may change significantly over the teenage years: parents frequently show less warmth and affection, spend less time with their teenagers, and become more strict in their punishment. The basis for a close relationship when their adolescents become adults was established by parents who were able to sustain good parenting and participation,” Fosco made the statement.

The study also discovered that parents who were adept at utilizing effective punishment with their sixth-graders and who continued these effective techniques throughout adolescence had fewer tense interactions with their kids in their 20s.

“Involving teenagers in talks about family standards, such as choosing a suitable curfew, is beneficial when it is acceptable,” according to Fosco.

Source: Hindustan Times

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