The Adolescents’ ‘Quest for Autonomy’ and its Effect on Parent/Caregiver-Child Relationships

This assignment centers on discussing the adolescents’ ‘Quest for Autonomy’ and its effects on parent/caregiver-child relationships. Chapter 12 of your text discusses adolescents’ ‘Quest for Autonomy’, as well as how it can cause possible issues in parent/caregiver-child relationships. Discuss your own quest for autonomy with your parent(s)/caregiver(s). What were the positive and negative aspects? What are you/will you do differently if you have children? If you do not wish to discuss yourself, feel free to discuss someone you know (no names or identifying information please), or you can discuss what the research says about this topic. If you use other’s experiences or research, discuss what parents SHOULD do in terms of making this process a smoother transition. What should parents NOT do during this process? NOTE: Your response must be written in your own words; however if you use information from the text and/or other sources to support your response, the page number(s) MUST be cited from the text, and if using other sources, the link(s), page numbers, etc MUST be cited.