Reciprocating influences

• Reciprocating influences is a child's behavior is influenced by others and others influence their behavior
• law of reciprocity - states the every positive action can get a positive reaction
• richard q. bell - focused on mutually interactive effects of the mother and child.
• control system theory - parents and children have particular tolerance levels for one another's behavior. when the parents or child's behavior exceeds these tolerance levels, the other reacts in a way that can either exacerbate or mitigate the behavior
• robert cairns - idea of bidirectionally doesn't assume that parents and children exercise equal influences over each other
• 3 parenting styles

  1. Harsh inconsistent
  2. nurturant parenting
  3. operant