lity and attitudes can be a withdrawal from parental guidance in favor of peer identification, ironically at the very time the adolescent needs such guidance. The implication of failing to transform the parent-child relationship toward mutuality from top-down authority is also a risk, depending on the social orientation of the peer group to which the adolescent orients.
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The purpose of this study was to examine differences in perception on the part of parents and adolescents in regard to the limits of parental authority over the appropriate attitudes and behavior of children, and then to forecast possible consequences of the differences. The study looked at parents' and adolescents' ideas of the limits of parental authority in regard to moral, co
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