CFD 1010 Lecture 38: The Role of Culture
Document Summary
It is rare for parents and adolescents in traditional cultures to engage in frequent bickering. Which is typical of parent adolescent relationships in the american majority culture: low parent-adolescent conflict in traditional cultures is due to: the economic interdependence of parents and adolescents in those cultures. The quest for a unique identity begins. It is a normal and natural aspect of the adolescents" developmental process to. Challenge established rules and boundaries: parents must make adjustments to allow for. Encouraging adolescents quest to understand who they are. The launching of young adults: most american adolescents leave home between the ages of 18 and 19. Several years earlier than in most other countries: family structure has the strongest effect on the timing of leaving home. Male adolescents living with a single parent are more than five times more likely to leave home early. Female adolescents living with a single parent twice as likely, to leave home early.