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U1 ,wa fling he alizhan d achieve ne-en -t of ca -re er pL at, ea LI,Mani ng pa tentl-Loo d, and result ant cha.mg e in malr_ia9e st tu ations. W he n a dcleseri ts u ridergo egc ident1ta.od_ r oleoriftisin at t heauie ti th attbei. rparents experi_eace preosuire s of ge ne ye Islas e go stagnat-io n,tension an d pot-en Ai al conf lictar-eUlcely. P ar -ts y not haLrethie Ehysica ltpsyclic ene rg y-toguiclicl iitheia dolesc eat children, a nd aliena tionma_y xe suit- Gae aterEr ee Qom for tile younger ge nerat-io nea5, promote infe ri or ityr Eeelings L npa ;cents.Resear ch is ne ededto e 1p3.arefa miay theripy, education a_bc, utpro1=i1e ms 01 aging, an. d effec t of erwironfflent o r±1 divria_ual chatra et.is-tiason tile vaiyangi s e-er it y ftransit io naota_ge s axper iemc ed by' d if fexe lit pe ople, ( AV pocunieryts acquired by ER3C irclude nuarij imiorrral Ampsublishedmaterials rot available from othear a.cluroes. ERIC weaken every effort to Qbtaln tine best copy available. Neverthelets, item 0°1trbargiulreprodocibilIty* are- often -encotirstered and this affects the quality ofthe- microfiche and hadoopy reprodvetiems ERIC =Ikea available -via theERIC Poceaterit Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is ni,m respernsible for the equality of the c.rigirlaldectamermt.Reproductioutssail:spited. by EPS ale the best that can be made from the original. IN TO Is Ihe Center Quarterly Focus is on the interaction between to njor develop men- fAtages: adolescence and middle age. The discussion is set in t he con tex t of t he parents and their adolescent children. But, the discussion is relevant for U OF. cosirp.e.NT or HE ALti, EDUC1,T1(30,1 *la: EA rit PoifIens in middle age working with adolescents in any setting: schools,correc. 144AT IENIAL it( IEor- lio(tal facilities, youth serving agencies, on the job. IF-DUCA-W.7N 00CU;ALNT IarYI(0- Ra(f)ara Smith, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, and past partici- ILICE wfcrivErl F ROM in the Youth Studies Collateral of the Center for Youth Development and HE PERSUNOE 'THU.( ON N. JING, I I MINI!, ()IVI C' 01 0 Flearon, ex ploros the interaction between adolescence and middle age frorn the TATEp 00 NO1 1icc.T504ILY Pt.irrApect ive of "w hat in known' about these two life stages. The contrast between ENT ',OF FIC (AL NAIlt-DN.AL 'WO! TU T :DUCAT I aN PM TION fJF1.01,1( y kkr ot is known about ado lescen ce and the more li mited material available on middle aw is readily apparent. However, the discrepancy in the relative quantity does not dtrifiet from the major purpose of her paper: to begin to raise the issues Malare lh v() Ived when developmental stages are rnoognimd as eyisting for all m ern bers In .1dolescent/rni dd le age rel at ionship. t archers, writers and teachers are explicitly draw ng attention to the impact of -stage interaction in " nonnai, everyday life situations" as well as in pathology, adolescent abuse. In the cotm soling process with adolescents in crisis or In IrAle, increasingly, f amity rnerro)ers are involved and their characteristicsand 4-,ecls co nsid ered, Cuot-ses in -adult development" are appe ring in colleges of educationw here 5hif3 e attention normally has been given to adolescence; a next stop Would be to 14-A t hese two perspe ctives together. Sir-II:tarty, courses on "parenting" reflect far greater awareness of the develop- Nola' Deeds of all fern ily members raising nOw and different questions about NrOnt/child relationships. %ot II professionals are educated in adolescent development, but only OCcaSiOn- oily lsked to consider t heir own developmental needs in relation to the people with Whorn they work lh is, too, is changing, facilitated not only by scholarly research, y popular books such as Gall Sheehy's Passages, a journalistic account of irningling i nterviews with academic findin gs. N4, Ac,0C:1161.cjiy, this initial review seeks to contribute to the developing mom en turn reggt-ding buddle ageladolescence interactions based on a more extensive kn ewl- eV. base. In read ing the text, it is iMportant to bear in mind that al I peopled ev clop et trleir own rate and individual d iff erences prevail. It follows that c eneraliL-at ions atoi_if any group may not be valid f or any given individual. Miriam Seltzer, Editor h one looksat modern youth, written about the adolescent's role in ADOLESCIra heritbe inthe context of the this interaction. There are elaborate AND PARENT: yhological, the sociological, or the theories of adolescent developnient ral aspects, inevitably the rela- and quantit ies of emp irical data w hich interaction Betw tea t110 too be tween the adolescent and pinpoint areas ol co nr!ern and areas of 11% paren ts becornes one of the foci. growth and change. Developmental Stages -019 relationship is generally viewed But what of the other side of this by Barbara Srnit h e% factor thatsignificantlyinflu- interaction thatis, what of the elicesthe direction of the adolescent's parent? Much of the information about grvrtjL Itis.of course, a two-way parents is presented in terms of the relationship, and because it is so irn- effeCts they lTave on their adolescent MrjAnt, it is necessary to know and son or daughter. To fully understand urlder5tand both sides. Much research the interaction between parent and f14n Izieen done and much has been adolescent it is necessary to recog niZe C(NTERfor Youth Oeopr11nt and QUARTERLYFocUS parents as persons who have spoci lie capable of formal operational thought the major tasks as linding a suitable concerns and problems of their own, andisabletoperformlogical lovo obiect and pending a satisfactory persons who have ident ities apart from ueerations on symbols and hypoth- ego defense mechanism. Anna Freud their parenting and from their effect on e.i,s. [Thornburg, 19711 Socially, the sofasit as a period of transition, ten- their children. Adequate information young person's idea-, about people and conflict. [Hoiroces,1969] uLmu|bo/hpmoo(sundaUo|uxueo(uuu and reletion:ihihs are becoming nee e aret rvl cladp resent s a0 if f er t individuals, coupled with information complee and differentiated and of ten pic tu re: she says " st or ir and stress" is about the interaction between them. there is a turning from parental to peer a cultural variable and is not a univer- can con tribute to a more extensive and inUoe000. atleastin some areas. sal phenorn en on. [ Ada. .s, 1973] intensive view of family life.h may V\lh ile friends of their own age aro very Contemporaty American society also help to promote an understanding important to adolescents, adults are seems to generate an adolescent inter- of, and an ability to deal with. the dis- lust as important. In a t wceyear nation- val that is both gradual and stressful. cootinuities and problems that occur wide study of adolescent girls, their Adol escence tend s to be a rncratorirlin between parent and adolescent within family was found to be wry sir:helical 11 period between childhooq and adult- the family. to the girls as a supporting and limit- hood where the loosening of control is This paper is exploratory in nature.