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Early Adolescence Talking Points: Questions that Middle School Students Want To Ask Their Parents *
Author(s) -
Richardson Rhonda A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2004.00012.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , ask price , social psychology , economy , economics
In early adolescence, young people need caring parents to guide them through numerous changes and decisions. Little is known about what particular issues middle school students want to discuss with their parents. This study provides a basis for promoting parent–child communication by identifying topics that young adolescents would like to talk about with parents, using responses from 1,124 students age 10 to 15. Findings were that the largest percentage of questions pertained to family issues, whereas only 1 in 4 dealt with sensitive subjects such as drugs and sex. Implications for practice are included.