Supportive parenting during childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood is associated with several positive outcomes for young adults. For example, emerging adults who have experienced supportive, authoritative parenting in childhood and adolescence have shown enhanced competence, resilience, self-esteem, self-actualization, psychological adjustment, and healthy relationships (Nelson, Padilla-Walker, Christensen, Evans, & Carroll, 2011).
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