What happens to parent-child relationships during middle childhood?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

In middle childhood, control begins to be transferred from parent to child. This
transition period is known as co-regulation. Generally, schools and peers take on
increased importance in the child's life, yet most children report that parents continue to
be an importance source of emotional support. Children who experience divorce are
more likely to have long-term problems if the parents do not agree on child-rearing
issues. However, parental conflict appears to affect child well-being more so than
family structure, per se. Maternal employment, long feared to have severe negative
consequences for children, appears to not have such dramatic negative effects. Some
research shows that children whose mothers work outside the home are better adjusted
than those whose mothers work in the home. Mothers who work outside the home are
positive role models for both male and female children. In particular, daughters of
employed women set high expectations for themselves, and both male and female
children of employed mothers hold less rigid gender-role stereotypes.