“The quality of a child’s relationship with its parent will be influenced by the amount of stress the parent’s under, so if the parent is dealing with domestic violence, homelessness, poverty then their resources for creating a positive relationship with their child are really diminished,” says Mennet. “Now, that said, I work all the time with families of means, who do not have those kinds of external stressors but where the parents still have significant relationship challenges with their child.”
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