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INTRODUCTION
Rationale
Sigelman and Rider (2006) state that “Many noted theorists have argued
that no social relationship is more important than the first: the bond between
parent and infant”. Both Freud and Erikson placed great emphasis on the parentchild relationship and its
importance to “normal” development.
that while each child is “pre-wired” with certain traits, temperament and abilities,
it’s the interaction with their environment, especially their parents, which
ultimately determines how these characteristics are manifested as they grow and
develop into competent adults. Parenting can be a daunting prospect even for
the most accomplished and the most prepared. Good parenting is a balance of
many different factors and you will need to discipline as well as spend good,
quality time with your child. Although parenting is unarguably the most important
parenting as “the style of child rearing that enables the developing person to
acquire the capacities required for dealing effectively with the ecological niches
styles of parenting.