Parent-child relations: Changing contours and emerging trends

Madan, Ankur and Srinivasan, Rajashree and Pandya, Kinnari (2017) Parent-child relations: Changing contours and emerging trends. In: Childhoods in India : Traditions, trends and transformations. Routledge India, London, pp. 109-129. ISBN 9781315098395

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Abstract

Parent-child relationships play an important role in ensuring human well-being and functioning. In this chapter, the nature of the parent-child relationship is examined through a close analysis of empirical research in India on the dimensions of care, control and autonomy. While parent-child relations in India are marked by warmth and care, examining the dimension of control revealed the asymmetric nature of the relationship. Children’s abilities to negotiate in familial contexts was characterised by interdependence and autonomy. The interplay of cultural, historical, socio-political and economic forces, along with the parental cognitive factors, emerged salient in mediating the manifestation of care, control and autonomy. This implies the need for continuous reformulation of the parent-child relationship with changing cognitions, contexts and culture.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Madan, Ankur and Srinivasan, Rajashree and Pandya, Kinnari
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Saraswathi, T. S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Menon, Shailaja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Madan, Ankur UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Social interaction > Social interaction within groups Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Culture & institutions Social sciences > Education > Secondary education
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	None
Related URLs:	Library OPAC
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7264
Publisher URL:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...

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