Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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• Children
• Parents
• Relationship
• Identity
• Anxiety
• Rebel

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• I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

  

  Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Good
  • Children
  • Parents