---
_id: '32507'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The chapter gives an overview on the development of the relationships of
    parents and their offspring. While the selection of issues addressed is not meant
    to be comprehensive, the chapter focuses on conceptualizations and findings of
    particular relevance: Individuality and relatedness, the active role that parents
    and their offspring play in shaping their relationship, the importance of a biographical
    perspective on relationship development, and contextual influences on child-parent
    relationships. The chapter concludes with consideration of directions for future
    research. Child-parent relationships are special. This is obviously true on an
    individual level. For example, children see their parents as outstanding people
    - at least up until the transition to adolescence. Likewise, some parents are
    infatuated with their children and expect much of their sons and daughters, sometimes
    to the point of overtaxing their abilities and patience. At the same time, child-parent
    relationships, in general, have features that give them a particular significance.
    As compared to other types of relationships, bonds between parents and their offspring
    are of an extremely long-standing nature. Moreover, when parents and children
    interact, aspects of socialization and education tend to play a more important
    role than is the case among siblings, friends, or romantic partners. Finally,
    it has to be recognized that child-parent relationships represent an intergenerational
    constellation. Relationships between children and parents surpass most other relationships
    in duration. We take Germany as a case in point.'
author:
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Noack, Peter
  last_name: Noack
- first_name: Heike M.
  full_name: Buhl, Heike M.
  id: '27152'
  last_name: Buhl
citation:
  ama: 'Noack P, Buhl HM. Child-parent relationships. In: Lang FR, Fingerman KL, eds.
    <i>Growing Together. Personal Relationships across Lifespan</i>. University Press;
    2004:45-75.'
  apa: Noack, P., &#38; Buhl, H. M. (2004). Child-parent relationships. In F. R. Lang
    &#38; K. L. Fingerman (Eds.), <i>Growing together. Personal relationships across
    lifespan</i> (pp. 45–75). University Press.
  bibtex: '@inbook{Noack_Buhl_2004, place={Cambridge}, title={Child-parent relationships},
    booktitle={Growing together. Personal relationships across lifespan}, publisher={University
    Press}, author={Noack, Peter and Buhl, Heike M.}, editor={Lang, Frieder R. and
    Fingerman, Karen L.}, year={2004}, pages={45–75} }'
  chicago: 'Noack, Peter, and Heike M. Buhl. “Child-Parent Relationships.” In <i>Growing
    Together. Personal Relationships across Lifespan</i>, edited by Frieder R. Lang
    and Karen L. Fingerman, 45–75. Cambridge: University Press, 2004.'
  ieee: 'P. Noack and H. M. Buhl, “Child-parent relationships,” in <i>Growing together.
    Personal relationships across lifespan</i>, F. R. Lang and K. L. Fingerman, Eds.
    Cambridge: University Press, 2004, pp. 45–75.'
  mla: Noack, Peter, and Heike M. Buhl. “Child-Parent Relationships.” <i>Growing Together.
    Personal Relationships across Lifespan</i>, edited by Frieder R. Lang and Karen
    L. Fingerman, University Press, 2004, pp. 45–75.
  short: 'P. Noack, H.M. Buhl, in: F.R. Lang, K.L. Fingerman (Eds.), Growing Together.
    Personal Relationships across Lifespan, University Press, Cambridge, 2004, pp.
    45–75.'
date_created: 2022-08-02T11:46:50Z
date_updated: 2022-08-29T04:10:41Z
department:
- _id: '427'
editor:
- first_name: Frieder R.
  full_name: Lang, Frieder R.
  last_name: Lang
- first_name: Karen L.
  full_name: Fingerman, Karen L.
  last_name: Fingerman
extern: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 45 - 75
place: Cambridge
publication: Growing together. Personal relationships across lifespan
publication_status: published
publisher: University Press
status: public
title: Child-parent relationships
type: book_chapter
user_id: '42165'
year: '2004'
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