Which Statement Best Represents the Parental Need to Be in Charge

question 111

Multiple Choice

Which statement best represents the parental need to be in charge of an adolescent child?

• A) Parents want to have more control over the adolescent boy than the adolescent girl.
• B) Adolescent girls require more control than adolescent boys.
• C) Parents want to relinquish control once a child becomes an adolescent.
• D) Parents want to retain more control, despite the adolescent's efforts to take it.

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