ABSTRACT
This chapter is centered around a descriptive report of strategies that parents say they would use in dealing with their adolescent children in situations involving school, friendship, and alcohol. In recent years, theories of adolescence have begun to take account of the positive role that families play in the psychological development of adolescents (Grotevant & Cooper, 1986; Steinberg, 1987; Youniss & Smollar, 1985). Previously, major theories viewed adolescents’ development as contingent on movement away from the family. Emphasis was placed on emancipation from parents, self-construction of one’s identity, and establishment of an independent adult personality.
