Interpersonal relationships between children and parents: a theoretical and methodological analysis

The paper deals with the latest theoretical studies and approaches to defining the term ‘interpersonal relationships’. The emphasis is placed on interpersonal relations between children and parents that serve as a pivotal factor in the development of behavioral motives, communication skills, emotional culture of the personality and a determinant of family space improvement. The research reviews the issues of the main types of child-parent communication and identifies conflict-generating areas (social life and habits, responsibility, social institutions, family relations). To provide a sociological analysis of interpersonal relationships between children and parents, it is necessary to consider comprehensively the structure, content, and simple components of this phenomenon. Based on various theories (psychoanalytic theory by S. Freud, social exchange theory by G. Homans and P. Blau, impression management theory by E. Goffman, symbolic interactionism theory by G. Mead), the author reveals the concept of interpersonal relationships between children and parents.