Parents and their young adult children: transitions to adulthood.

Full Abstract

This paper considers how parents are affected by and play a role in the lives of their young adult children. The years during which young people make the transition to adulthood has changed significantly in recent years--this transition now takes place over a longer period of time. We describe how young people experience these years; how they affect their parents and parent-child relationships; and how this time period is experienced by vulnerable youth.

Author information

Author/s: Gitelson, Idy Barasch (IB); McDermott, Dana (D);

Affiliation: School for New Learning, DePaul University, Chicago, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Child welfare (Child Welfare), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Sep-Oct; vol 85 (issue 5) : pp 853-66

Dates: Created 2006/12/15; Completed 2007/01/18;

PMID: 17168458, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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