As my research comes to an end, I cant help but be amazed about all the information I have gathered and learned. By observing three different families, I have found many similarities, but yet many differences between each. Weather it's an issue with patience, the surrounding environment, or just a conflict of interest, all parents and children fight. But I honestly believe it's wrong to hit a child because you have no patience with them. If that's the case, maybe you shouldn't have had any kids in the first place. But maybe it's because of your surrounding environment. If it is, then try and get out of that environment. You can only better yourself and your relationship with your parents. Where is the harm in that?! If it's a conflict of interest, try solving the problem by talking to one another one on one. If that doesn't work, try going to a counselor or something to make the relationship better.
I have also learned that a brain area, called the amygdala, is known to be linked to the conflicts in teens. A research done at the University of Melbourne's Orygen Research Center in Australia reports that the areas of the brain may have a special link when it comes to teens who regularly fight with their parents. After participating in a problem-solving task that was designed to create conflict, 137 teens underwent a MRI brain scan to measure the the size of their amygdala. They found that the larger the amygdala, the more likely the kids were to fight with their parents. After the study, they found that children whose amygdala were larger were more likely to spend a longer amount of time being aggressive or angry with their parents during an interaction, so there was a relation to the size of the amygdala and how angry or aggressive the child was during the interaction.
Getting a teenager (and expecting mother) opinion really helped a lot too. My friend Gloria, who is turning 19 in August, and expecting her first child that same month, has given me her insight on my topic. She isn't like a lot of people out in the world now-a-days. She is expecting to do good for her baby, and give her a good life, and try to discipline her the best she can without hitting her when she gets older. She believes one-on-one talking would help, but if it doesn't, she would advise people to go to counseling to try and make the relationship better. She, just as some people believe both parties are at fault. Some kids try to become distant from their parents because they just want to do their own thing, etc. But at the same time, parents can strain the relationship by neglecting their child, and abuse the child in any way, shape, or form, etc.
I believe I have just reached the beginning of my research. I believe there is more information out there that I could really use in the future, so many more facts, so many more opinions, so much more news. I will continue my research only for the simple fact that I believe I have NOT completely answered my essential question!
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