Question

Mahler thought that the degree of integration and separation between parent and child contributed greatly to healthy and unhealthy relationships in adulthood. What might be examples of healthy and unhealthy degrees of closeness between parents and children?

Answer 1

Answer: Examples of health degrees of closeness between parents and their children are emotion and warmth while the unhealthy degress of closeness between parents and their children is the deprivation of necessary attention and support the children needs from their parents.

Explanation: The emotion and warmth reciprocated by the parents and the children always leads to healthy relation between them. they will always rely on their parents completely to show them the correct way. When the parent gives that ample time and support to their children that the children deserves, the child will then learn these qualities and will act in a similar way throughout adulthood.

If the children are deprived of the necessary attention and support that they need from their parents, the child then will be unable to give that to their future relationships, future children or family because they will not know how to do it the right way.