The Relationship of Mother's Emotional Expressivity, Parent-child Interaction, and Family Strengths with Child's Caring Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-220
Author(s):  
Ja-youn Heo ◽  
Hyuk-jun Moon
1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Doug Blomberg

When parents see their children’s problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as a negative, burdensome irritation, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction.... When a child comes to them with a problem ... their paradigm is, “Here is a great opportunity for me to really help my child and to invest in our relationship.”... [S]trong bonds of love and trust are created as children sense the value parents give to their problems and to them as individuals (Covey 1989: 203). Many of us will know the scenario: sitting peacefully in a chair after a hard day’s work, reading a novel and listening to some music, when in comes a teenager with a tale to tell, perhaps a burden to share. Our relaxed restfulness is interrupted, a problem is presented: how do we respond? Parents such as Covey describes focus on building the bonds of trust: they choose to know the situation as ethically-qualified; they are responsive to the “pedagogical moment” (Van Manen 1991). While entering empathically into their child’s concerns, they continue to attend to the norms of faithfulness that obtain in such a situation with a special force.


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