The Impact of Family and Community on Children's Understanding of Parental Role Negotiation

Family and community factors may influence a child's social reasoning about parental role negotiation. Interviews assessed children's judgement of two parent role negotiation scenarios. Differences between demographic, family type (traditional or nontraditional), and community type (near a military base or metropolitan) groups were examined. Factors from all three groups affected children's judgement of the parental role negotiation scenarios.