ABSTRACT
From birth, children begin negotiating the way they communicate with their parents and establish communication boundaries. As they develop a clearer sense of their autonomy within the family unit, they often seek more privacy and begin to develop their own privacy rules that may differ from those of their parents. In an effort to negotiate this privacy boundary, and to maintain a close affi liation with their children, parents often strive to keep the lines of communication open (Noller, 1995; Noller & Bagi, 1985; Petronio, 2002). Depending upon the changing nature of their relationship, the way they communicate also changes (Mazur & Hubbard, 2004; Stein, Raedeke, & Glenn, 1999).
