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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: .................................................................................................................. 2

Literature review: .................................................................................................................... 4

Research Questioners: ............................................................................................................. 8

Hypothesis: ............................................................................................................................. 10

Methodology: .......................................................................................................................... 10

Data Presentation and Analysis: .......................................................................................... 12

Summary: ............................................................................................................................... 21

Recommendation: .................................................................................................................. 22

Conclusion: ............................................................................................................................. 22

Bibliography ........................................................................................................................... 23

Appendix ................................................................................................................................... I

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INTRODUCTION:

Parents are assumed as a key part in the lives of their children. This indispensable

relationship absolutely affects a kid's physical, mental, and passionate prosperity. The part of

parents in a children’s life is a key one. Even when children invest a large portion of their

time in school or in childcare, parents remain the most persuasive grown-ups in their lives. A

child may not give a second thought to who trims their hair or pays cash at the toy store,

however they care a lot about who is holding them when they are unsure, comforts them

when they are hurt, and shares unique minutes in their life. The relationship that parents offer

with their children is one that affects them all through their lifetime. Studies demonstrate that

the profits of parental inclusion are complex, influencing various zones of a children’s life,

including wellbeing and advancement, scholastic advancement, and life decisions. Further

more children’s associations with their associates straightforwardly influence their prosperity,

give a chance to learn and practice social abilities, and may create persisting examples of

identifying with others (as cited in cf. Rubin, 1980). Parents normally perceive the

significance of children's fellowships and regularly attempt to help their children secure and

keep up compensating kinships (Rubin & Sloman).

“Parenting influences are much more than parents' desires to mold children." (Azar,

2000, p. 62). Directly or indirectly children’s personality is molded by the experiences they

have outside the home--in particular, occurrences with peers--and that any similarities

between parents and children are due to shared genetic factor and a shared common culture

(Azar, 2000, p. 62). "Parental Involvement" it isn't not difficult to be included with an

adolescent who continues pushing without end, yet attempting pays off. Parents who are

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included with their children, who know where they are after school and have met a large

portion of their companions, have a positive impact on their child's life (Drinkworth &

Media). And shadowing the prior statement an absence of parental inclusion can have

enduring negative impacts on a child. Children who don't have a nearby association with a

guardian are at danger for adolescent pregnancy, more prone to drink liquor or smoke

cigarettes, and more inclined to carry on with an inactive life. They are additionally more

prone to be withdrawn or experience the ill effects of melancholy (Drinkworth & Media),

therefore the crucial and undoable fact remains that parents are a key part of a child’s life and

without them to show their children how to use their moral compass some of offspring

wouldn’t be even deemed to be accepted by the society. These issues have made me

concentrate the focus of my research on Offspring relationship with their parents, from

Bangladesh’s perspective.

Bangladesh is a high context culture where family background and values come first,

and there is no relationship in the world, which comes close to the bond between a parent and

their offspring. And for all these reasons I have decided to concentrate the focus of my

research on finding out how a parent influences his/her offspring on the values of life and

success. And how their offspring feel about the parent’s teachings now they are more

matured enough to understand.

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Literature review: !

Parental association — checking homework, going to class gatherings and occasions, and

talking about school exercises at home — has a more capable impact on understudies'

scholarly execution than anything about the school the understudies go (Paul , 2012). She

also states that the exertion set forth by parents has a greater effect on their offspring

instructive accomplishment than the exertion exhausted by either instructors or the

understudies themselves. A third party study concludes that schools needed to increase their

budget by more than $1,000 per student in order to accomplish the same results that are

gained with parental involvement. (Paul , 2012).

“Professional parents talk more to their children than less-affluent parents — a lot

more, resulting in a 30 million “word gap” by the time children reach age three — more

recent research is refining our sense of exactly what kinds of talk at home foster children’s

success at school” (Paul , 2012). She also says that two-way grown-up child discussions were

six times as strong in advancing dialect improvement as breaks in which the grown-up did all

the talking. Participating in this corresponding over and over again gives kids an opportunity

to go for dialect for themselves furthermore provides for them the feeling that their

considerations and presumptions matter. As they become more seasoned, this inclination

helps center and privileged children form into confident promoters for their own advantage,

while common laborers understudies have a tendency to abstain from requesting help or

contending their own case with instructors, as indicated by examination exhibited at

American Sociological Association meeting not long ago. Paul (2012) noted that Children

who hear discuss numbering and numbers at home begin school with significantly more

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broad scientific learning, report scientists from the University of Chicago — information that

predicts future accomplishment in the subject. While the discussions parents have with their

kids change, as children become more matured, the impact of these trades on scholastic

accomplishment stays solid. Furthermore once more, the way fathers and mothers converse

with their center school understudies has any kind of effect.

Parents assume an essential part in "academic socialization" setting desires and

making associations between present conduct and future objectives (heading off to college,

landing a great position at a job). Participating in these sorts of discussions has a more

noteworthy effect on instructive achievement than volunteering at a child’s school or going to

PTA gatherings, or actually taking offspring to libraries and historical centers. In terms of

encouraging understudies' prosperity, it appears, it’s less what parents do but rather more

what they say

Grown-up offspring are a major source of support as well as strain for mothers and

fathers across the life span (Birditt, Fingerman , & Zarit , 2010, p. 145) it is also stated there

that “more than 50% of midlife and older parents report some ambivalence toward their

grown children” (as cited in Fingerman, Hay, & Birditt, 2004; Pillemer & Suitor, 2002).

Fingerman, Pitzer, Chan, Birditt, Franks, & Zarit, (2010) stated in their reasearch that parents

help their children until late in life, when decreases in wellbeing switch the typical stream

and parent turn to their offspring for support (as cited in Fingerman & Birditt, 2009; Zarit &

Eggebeen, 2002). It is also said there that “less than one fifth of families are involved in

parental caregiving at any time in the United States” (as cited in Grundy & Henretta, 2006).

The parent–child bond is a focal tie that now commonly endures into the later grown-up years

of parents and into middle age and even past for children (as cited in Mancini & Blieszner,

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1989). Parent–adult child relations are for the most part described by positive sentiments and

solidarity (as cited in e.g., see Bengtson, Biblarz, & Roberts, 2002), however inquire about

has discovered just feeble relationship between those relations and parent prosper (Ward ,

2008 , p. 239). “A parent can do anything in the eyes of a 6-year-old, but becomes an

embarrassment to that same child at age 13” (Drinkworth & Media). She also points out that

A teenager’s more discriminating perspective of his parents is a piece of growing up, setting

him up to partitioned from his family when he turns into a grown-up. Parents may turn that

basic eye internal, to reassess their parenting and ways of life. The decisions parents make

can have dependable positive and negative impacts on children.

The parent–child tie as an especially solid and exceptional wellspring of social connection

and solidarity. Without a doubt, it appears sensible to expect that such relations would

influence prosperity through backings that address the needs of both parents and their grown-

up children. Additionally proposed that the prosperity of grown-up children influences parent

prosperity through sentiments of sympathy, as parents vicariously encounter their children's

delights and distresses, and on the grounds that children's triumphs or disappointments

ponder parent execution (as cited in Knoester, 2003).

Explore on parent–adult child relations must go to sex contrasts. Sexual orientation is

an arranging gimmick of family connections, and the centrality and ramifications of family

ties likely vary for men and ladies. Ladies have been portrayed as “kinkeepers” who feel

stronger family commitments, keep up family bonds, and are most included in support and

caregiver. (Ward , 2008 , pp. 240-241) He also pointed out that Sex contrasts in parent–adult

child relations ought not be distorted, in any case; (as cited by Logan and Spitze, 1996)

exceptional that they are not so much direct and proof is not reliable. For instance, they found

that ladies got and gave more help in trades with grown-up children. Ward (2008) pointed-out

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that parent–child strains had a more prominent impact on mothers than fathers (as cited in

Umberson, 1992).

Mothers reported higher greatest quality and cooperation than did fathers, however

quality and communication essentials did not contrast essentially by parent sexual

orientation; and mothers were more averse to have lower quality or collaboration with the

greater part of their children (Ward , 2008 , p. 243). Contrasted and those of fathers, mothers'

relations with grown-up children seemed to show more profits without more ""expenses,"" or

aggregate vacillation. Then again, there were not huge contrasts in the middle of mothers and

fathers in the ramifications of negative relations with grown-up children for prosperity (Ward

, 2008 , p. 245)

He recommended in the presentation that parents might be influenced by

circumstances in the lives of grown-up children—their triumphs or disappointments. These

may themselves influence parent well being autonomous of, or regardless of, the nature and

nature of parent–child relations. They might likewise influence parent–child relations and

accordingly influence parent prosperity, (as cited in Knoester, 2003) that the nature of

parent–adult child relations intervenes interfaces in the middle of parent and child prosperity.

Future work ought to consider the ramifications of child encounters, for example, work

advancement (or misfortune) and marriage (or separation), for both parent–child relations and

parent prosperity (Ward , 2008 , pp. 245-246)

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Research Questioners:

This research is aimed to find effects of offspring relationship with their parents, and how a

parent impacts his/her offspring on the estimations of life and achievement, and how their

offspring feel about the parent's teachings now they are more sufficiently developed to

understand it. To obtain an unbiased and flawless result from the research, my research

procedure will address the following questions:

Q1) Of both their parents who do they feel more comfortable with sharing their

feelings?

Through reviewing the answers to this question, I will be able to find out whom

exactly do offspring favor more out of both their parents. People usually feel more

comfortable sharing their thoughts with the person they are close to, or the person

they admire the most. And hence this questions answer addresses my first hypothesis,

“who share the strongest bond with their children, father or mother”.

Q2) How is children relationship with their parents in respect with their changing

age?

The response to this inquiry will help me figure out if my second hypothesis was right

or not. Everyone goes through different phrases throughout their life from being a

toddler to a grown adult, this question will determine the frequency of that change,

and what are the perspectives that are assuming the key part in the time of change.

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Q3) Who do children favor most of both of their parents?

This question like the first one will also address my first hypothesis, “who share the

strongest bond with their children, father or mother”. The first question doesn’t

address their feeling toward their parents but rather looks at their perspective from a

hidden point of view. Where as this question directly focus on their surfaced feelings

towards their parents.

Q4) Of both the parents who has more influence over their children?

This question will address the parent’s influential power over their offspring’s. Which

means that offspring who favor will their father over their mother will response more

to the father’s authority more than their mother’s. This question mainly will help me

come to the conclusion of which is the more favorite of both the parents.

Q5) Does the relation between parents themselves, have any influence on the lives of

their children?

This question address the my initial focus which was mentioned in the introduction,

which states, “what is children attitude towards their parents teaching now they are

more mature enough to understand it”.

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Hypothesis:

The first relationship anyone experience’s are with their parents. This relationship takes new

shapes as time changes some might favor their father and some might favor their mother. For

my research, I expect to find that children will favor their mother more in respect to their

father. In Bangladesh most of the mothers are housewife therefore they are always with their

children in their weal and woe. On the other hand fathers are busy with their work as they are

the financial leader of the family.

That is why I expect to find that children’s relationships with their mother are

stronger than their father. I also expect to find that children’s relationship with their parents

changes over time as they go through different phases of their life. From over dependent

toddler, to rebellious teenager, to a more committed and caring adult.

Methodology:

I have gone through two phases in my research. At first I conducted a primary research and

then I conducted a secondary research to find the answers to my research questions. For

primary research I designed a questionnaire comprising of seventeen different (yet correlate

to my hypothesis) questions. These questionnaires were distributed among the random

students of North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. These responses to my survey

generated a useful range of data, which helped me to get the answers to my research

questions.

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For my secondary research, I catered for books of different authors on this field,

online newspapers, journals, statistics and encyclopedia. But, not much books are available in

our university library and in the local book market. Again, online books are not readily

available and it is hard to get the subscription to foreign books. As a result I had to depend on

the online journals, PDF files and newspapers mostly to get my secondary research done.

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Data Presentation and Analysis:

(Table 1) represents the number of male and female respondents, as well as their age groups.

This table is included for better comparison/analysis of date for the upcoming charts/figures.

The age groups had an option starting from “below 14” and going up to “above 33”.

But since there was not one single respondent that marked those two categories, therefore I

decided to exclude those two options from this graph.

As you can see the total number of respondents were 20, out of that 13 were male, and

7 were female. Amongst all the male respondent most frequently marked age was 21-26,

followed by 27-32. And for female most reoccurring age groups were from 21-26, and 27-32.

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Table&1

Demography&chart&

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(Figure 1) represents a pie chart showing the percentage of offspring’s contemplation, on

what level of freedom their parent provide them while making major decisions about their

life. This question is related to my main research question no# 1 (What is children’s attitude

towards their parents?). The main purpose behind this question was to find out what offspring

think (subconsciously) of their parents teaching now that they are more mature.

The chart has a majority of “40%” who think that they are given “a lot” of freedom,

while making major decisions. Contrast to that only a hand few of them “5%” think that they

are “not at all” given any decisions making authority. This is due to the fact that majority

(18/20) of my respondents are in the age group from 21 and above, and only a faction (2/20)

of them fall in the age group of 15-20, as represented in table 1.

Since the majority of the respondents (8 male and 3 female, which equals to 11 out of

20) are at a point of time where they either just joined or are about to graduate from the

A!lot!!!!!!!!!

40%!

Some!

what!

10%!

Neutral!

30%!

Not!enough!!!!!!!!!

15%!

Not!at!all!!

5%!

How&much&freedom&do&you&think&your&parents&give&you,&while&making&major&

decisions&about&your&life?&&&

A!lot!!!!!!!!!

Some!what!

Neutral!

Not!enough!!!!!!!!!

Not!at!all!!

Figure&1&

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undergrad program, therefore obviously the decision making power they have are much more

superior to those who are at the age group of 15-20 who are either completing O, Levels/

SSC or A, Level/ HSC.

The second most popular choice was “neutral” which was 30%, due to fact that after a

certain age most parents allow their offspring to make most of majority of the decision

(which professional profession to pursue, e.g.: Banker, Manager, Marketer, Faculty, etc.) but

retains some few ones (e.g.: choosing/approval for their life partner). In the middle “not

enough” had a 15% response, followed closely by a 10% response of “some what”.

After rigorous examination of this pie chart I came to this conclusion that as children

gets more mature the parents bestow them with more and more responsibilities, to

acknowledge their maturity. Which partially proves my second hypothesis being accurate.

(Figure 2) also reflect on research question no# 1. This question was designed to discover

offspring’s subliminal thought of their parents, as regards to as an authority figure. The

majority 45% (5 male and 4 female, which equals to 9 out of 20 respondent) of the people

Yes!!

10%!

Sometimes!!

45%!

Rarely!

15%!

Not!at!all!!

30%!

Do&you&think&your&parents&are&strict&on&you&compare&to&your&

friends?&&&

Yes!!

Sometimes!!

Rarely!

Not!at!all!!

Figure&2

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picked “sometimes”, followed by 30% (5 male and 1 female, which equals to 6 out of 20)

“not at all”. And the least popular choices were “rarely“ 15% (1male and 2female, which

equals to 3 out of 20 respondents) and “yes’ 10% (2male respondents only).

The majority of the females (4 out of 7) think that their parents are “sometimes” strict

on them. This might be the case because some the female respondents have male friends

whose family implements fewer rules on them. And the majority of male response is divided

on two categories; either the parents are “sometimes” (5 out of 13 males) strict on them or

being “not at all” (5 out of 13 males) strict on them. This response is orthodox because male

at the age of 21 and above starts to face fewer rules from their family, as their parent wants

their offspring to grasp the meaning of responsibility.

Thorough analysis of figure 2, lead my conclusion to contradict what I have already

predicted in my hypothesis, since both male and female majority thinks that their parents are

strict on them compare to their friends, and considering their age as a factor (table 1) they are

mature enough to understand why their parents are harsh on them. And it also challenges my

second hypothesis as well. Since (again considering the age factor) majority of offerings are

at a mature state in their life and still their relationship with their parents didn’t take any

drastic changes. So respondents characteristics graph is not steady and it is fluctuating

continually. Because the persons who think that their parents give them enough freedom to

make major decisions in life (as concluded in figure 1), doesn’t make sense for them to think

that their parents are stick on them.

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(Figure 3) relates to the previous figure, this question was designed to find the deeper

meaning and understanding of prior question’s answer. As the prior question emphasizes

about offspring judgments of their parents use of authority, this question reflects on the

matter why they think that their parents are using excess authority.

As we can see from this graph that the most frequently picked option was “Treating

you like a child even though you’re an adult” and “none of the above’ both tying at 27%. And

“not enough pocket money” at 23% was the second most popular response. And on third and

fourth place were “invasion of privacy” 11% and “exacting curfew hour” 8%. While just one

respondent responded to “other” 4% stating that his parent only restricts him when the

activity he is involved in might jeopardies their family reputation.

Findings form this graph contradicts the previous graphs outcomes, where as in the

previous graph respondent believed their parent where strict on them, we can see in this

Not!enough!

pocket!money!

23%!

Invasion!of!

privacy!

11%!

Exacting!curfew!

hours.!

8%!

Treating!you!like!a!

child!even!though!

you’re!an!adult!

27%!

None!of!the!above!

27%!

Other

—“Hampering!

family!

reputation”!

4%!

On&what&aspects&do&you&thinks&your&parents&are&strict&on&you?&&

Not!enough!pocket!money!

Invasion!of!privacy!

Exacting!curfew!hours.!

Treating!you!like!a!child!even!

though!you’re!an!adult!

None!of!the!above!

Other—“Hampering!family!

reputation”!

Figure&3

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graph that even with given option of “privacy issues” and “curfew hours” which reflect true

authority issues with parents. They picked the futile options of “pocket money and “treating

them like child”. It would seem that there are some inconsistency in the response of the

respondent’s, maybe they wanted to show some kind of acknowledgement in front of the

interviewer or they gave random answers. I think they might have not taken the script

seriously, or maybe they are still immature, coz they think that being treated like a child and

having less pocket money is a parent’s way of being strict.

(Figure 4) this graph address the thoughts which I provoked previously in the introduction

and literature review statement by “Azar”, and “Drinkworth” about how parent enclsion on

childrens acdimic and social is inmortant.

As you can see that this is a stright farward graph where I ask the respondednt to mark

the most important critaria of their life according to their parents. For both male and female

Academic!!!

42%!

Personal!!!

35%!

Professional!!!

23%!

None!

0%!

Which&aspect&of&your&life&does&your&parent&care&more&about?&&

Academic!!!

Personal!!!

Professional!!!

None!

Figure&4

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alike I found that parents care most about academic achivements which makes about 35%,

followed by social activities, and finally profession. I think that the popular response was for

academic because. Most of my respondents are at a prime age for undergrad (as illustrated in

table 1), so in a way this proves my second hypothesis right, where as changing age parent

priority changes as well.

(Figure 5) illustrates the support male and female gets, from their family. As you can

comprehend from this graph that, for the male their mothers support them most, on most of

their decision. And for female their father supports them most on majority of the choice.

On its own this graph/question just reflects a parents particular favorite child, but this

graph/question was not design keeping that in mind. This question was suppose to help shed

light to my first hypothesis’s answer, by working with (figure 6) my nest question/graph.

38%!

71%!

62%!

29%!

0%!

10%!

20%!

30%!

40%!

50%!

60%!

70%!

80%!

90%!

100%!

Male! Female!

Father!

Mother!!!!

Who&supports&you&most&in&your&decisions/choices?&

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(Figure 6) exemplifies what was discussed in the previous figure. Even though the questions

are from different perspective, their target is to find the same conclusion.

In this question I asked the respondents weather they favor their mother or father, and

as you can denote from graph, that the trend from the previous question (figure 5) follows,

where as the majority of male respondents favor their mother, on the other side the significant

portion of female favored their fathers. I asked them additional question on what criteria do u

favor your mother or father. The majority from male respondents stated that they feel more

connected to their mother 77% and not because that she support them the most 23%, but for

the reason that they feel more connected to the mother rater father. But for the female

perspective they couldn’t be any farther away from the male’s ideals. The female majority

favors their father 57%, and the reason for that is coz fathers feel more proud of 39%.

23%!

57%!

77%!

43%!

27%!

18%!

8%!

23%!

15%!14%!

23%!

18%!

39%!

0%!

10%!

20%!

30%!

40%!

50%!

60%!

70%!

80%!

90%!

Male! Female!

Father!

Mother!

Deeper!level!of!connection!

Spends!more!time!with!!you!

Understands/supports!you!more.!!!!

Loves!you!most!

Feel!proud!of!you!

Who&do&you&favor&most&of&both&your&

parents?&And&why?&

Figure&6

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This finding in way proves my hypothesis right and wrong at the same time, if I look

at this finding from a male’s perspective I can concur that my initial hypothesis was right that

children’s do favor heir mother over their father. But if I take a different approach and look at

this from a female perspective than my initial hypothesis was wrong.

(Figure 7) signifies my former assumptions about my second hypothesis in (figure 1, 4, and

6) that state that offspring’s relationship change over time, as they go through different

phrase of life.

In this question I ask them did their relationship change with their parents over the

6year period of time majority of male respondent said yes 54% it did, where as majority of

54%!

29%!

46%!

71%!

14%! 14%!

30%! 30%!

14%! 14%!

0%!

10%!

20%!

30%!

40%!

50%!

60%!

70%!

80%!

Male! Female!

Yes!

No!

You’re!less!dependent!

Role!reversed,!now!you!give!

them!advice!

They!are!now!more!of!a!friend!

than!parent!

Less!restrictions!

They!value!your!judgments!

Less!angry!when!you!make!

mistakes!

Compared&to&the&last&6years&do&you&think&your&relationship&with&your&parents&changed?&If&yes,&than&on&

what&aspect?&&

Figure&7

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females said they did not see any change 71%. And those who said their relationship with

their parents change picked less restriction on the aspect of basis. Percentage of males and

female who picked less restriction ware both at 30%.

Going back to (table 1) I can conclude why majority of male respondent

picked their relationship change, where as females respondents picked their relationship did

not change. Male respondent where mostly at the age of 21-26, respondents at a state of time

where they either recently joined or are going to move on from the student program, in this

manner clearly their guardians relationship status must have change as of late. Which now

permits them to have less restrains and more decision making influence. By considering

theses things it proves my second hypothesis (like figure 1, 4, and, 6). But if I look at this

from the female perspective than my hypothesis is wrong, because majority of the females

stressed that their relationship with their parents didn’t change.

Summary: !

The relationship of parents and their offspring is the most loving relationship on the planet.

Parent’s love and support their offspring genuinely in every circle of life. That is the reason I

have picked this point, which is the posterity association with their guardians. From my

research, I have concluded that my first hypothesis was partially right and my second

hypothesis was right since out six figures four of them supported my hypothesis (figure. 1, 4,

6, and 7).

Generally, males are more attached with their mother. The male respondents said that

they get support of their mother more compared to their father. Where as, female respondents

responded exactly the opposite way. That means they are more close to their father for the

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reason that their fathers feel proud of them. That is why my first hypothesis has proved

partially.

Relationship of parents with their offspring, regardless of their gender changes over

time. It is very natural and the change is very positive. When children become older their life

become surrounded with lots of responsibilities which makes them mature. Moreover, over

time, they become more independent which also make a little change in the relationship with

their parents.

Recommendation: ! !

Parenting can be more enjoyable when positive parent – child relationship is established.

Whether you are parenting a toddler or a teenager, good communication is the key to building

self-esteem as well a mutual respect. Let the child know that you are interested and involved

and that you will help when needed. Turn off the television or put the newspaper down when

your child wants to converse. Embarrassing the child or putting him on the spot in front of

others will lead only to resentment and hostility, not good communication, Reinforce the

child for keeping communication open. Do this by accepting him and praising his efforts to

communicate.

Conclusion: !

In conclusion, we can say that no matter children are closed to whomever of their parent’s

father or mother, parents is always equal supportive toward their children. Children can share

all of their thoughts with their parents. Both of them will equally understand them. Moreover,

the changes of offspring relationship with their parents are very natural. As both the child and

the parents grow older, the child becomes the guardian of their parents and vice versa.

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