I've had multiple conversations recently with people about the affect parents have on their children's relationships.This goes beyond boyfriend and girlfriend relationships.
Parent's first off have a major influence on children at young. If the child see's their parent's constantly arguing and full of drama, that may play a negative part on the child later on when they get into relationships. The child may associate relationships with drama and arguments. This can later on build a fear of relationships later on and cause the teen or child not to want to be in a relationship later on.
Same way a parent can influence their child negatively in terms of relationships, they can also portray relationships in a positive way. The child/ teen can grow up in a house hold where the parent's are peaceful, respectful of one another and very loving; that can cause the child to associate relationships as something good.
I bring this up because recently I had a few young adults tell me their view on relationships and negative or positive, their parent's definitely had a huge influence on their view. One guy decide to stay away from relationships because he felt like at this point we're too young and its not going to last. He got this idea after seeing his parent's relationship fail with each other and then their most recent spouses. It amazes me how this person could simply look at his parent's relationship with his step parents and really take it out of proportion. Just because two people didn't work out and they were together at a young age does not mean that it had to do with their age; It could be a number of things. Along with that, just because they didn't work out doesn't mean that the next person who wants to be in a relationship at an early age won't find success.
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