Full Description
Illuminating the intricate dynamics of adolescent-parent conflicts over schoolwork, this book provides a vivid and insightful examination of the educational difficulties experienced by contemporary Chinese families.
Drawing on interviews with 63 parents and adolescents, Cao and Tam analyse their real-life disagreements over schoolwork, revealing how both generations understand, reason about, and resolve conflicts. The authors provide a culturally sensitive analysis by exploring how Chinese values and the local education system shape these disputes. Integrating social domain theory and self-determination theory, the book traces the development of adolescent autonomy amid family tensions around schoolwork. Rich with authentic stories, this book paves a way forward for fostering healthier relationships and supporting adolescent growth.
Essential reading for scholars in developmental psychology and family sociology, this volume also provides valuable insights for family therapists, parental educators, and parents seeking to deepen their understanding of effective parenting practices.
Contents
1. Increasingly prominent adolescent-parent schoolwork conflicts in China
2. Parents and adolescents arguing over schoolwork: what do research and theories have to offer?
3. Examining adolescent-parent schoolwork conflicts: research methodology explicated
4. Helplessly Coercive Parents
5. Adolescents with suppressed affection and tactful autonomy
6. Witnessing adolescent-parent schoolwork conflict in action
7. Establishing new understanding on adolescent-parent schoolwork conflicts in China
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