Early adolescence talking points: Questions that middle school students want to ask their parents

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Richardson, Rhonda A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Communication; Parent education; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442424057     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2004.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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