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Parents are among the most important people in the lives of young children. From birth, children are learning and rely on mothers and fathers, as well as other caregivers acting in the parenting role, to protect and care for them and to chart a trajectory that promotes their overall well-being. While parents generally are filed with anticipation about their children's unfolding personalities, many also lack knowledge about how best to provide for them. Many different relationships people form over the course of the life span, the relationship between parent and child is among the most important. The quality of the parent-child relationship is affected by the parent's age, experience and self-confidence, the stability of the parent's marriage and the unique characteristics of the child compared with those of the parent. At the same time this study was fundamentally informed by recognition that the task of ensuring children, s healthy development does not rest solely with parents or families.

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