Alleviation: An International Journal of Nutrition, Gender & Social Development, ISSN 2348-9340
Volume 2, Number 2 (2015) : 1-7
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Interpersonal Relationship of Adolescent Girls with their Working and Non-Working Mothers

Dr. Kalpna
Associate Professor, Department of Home Science, BPSM Girls College, Khanpur Kalan (Haryana), India
E-mail: siddhantdahiya3@gmail.com

Abstract

Research on adolescents has historically concentrated on academic achievement and transition into adult roles. Of particular interest is how family structure, work environment and parental education impact such outcomes. There is a gradual shift from unilateral parental authority towards more cooperative interactions with frequent unilateral parental authority with respect to basic social obligations and ample independence to the adolescents outside the family circle particularly with peers. Teenage girls having good relations with family members continue to have the same with their peer group. This is because of family background which leaves indelible imprint on the children. Educated and working mothers play an important role in selecting career lines of their daughters. Because level of thinking of an educated mother is entirely different from a non-working and uneducated mother. Adolescence is a crucial period for healthy development in both psychological and physical terms. During this period, attitudes and beliefs tend to settle in a pattern out of which emerges the shape and direction of one’s lifestyle. For rural India, the adolescence of a girl can best be defined as the period of engaging in household activities, as a prerequisite for a good homemaker in future and may be premature end of education. However rural households increasingly had started putting more emphasis on education than on household chores. Discipline of daughters of working mothers was more in age group between 15 to 16years and least in age group between 17 to 18 years. There were 46.5 per cent of non- working mothers who had a greater amount of household responsibilities whereas 30.9 per cent of working mothers had high level of household responsibilities. There were 73.6 per cent of non-working mothers who had a very good healthy relationship with their teenage daughters whereas 47.3 per cent of working women claimed to have a good positive relationship with their daughters. The best and most valued relation between a mother and a daughter is a kind of interactional friendship which has a lot of room for dialogue, is less susceptible to tension and misunderstanding, where both parties share their secrets freely between themselves rather than emphasis on enforcing authority. With such an interaction, girls tend to grow up to be confident and strong willed.

Keywords: Interpersonal Relationship, Adolescent Girls, Working Mothers, Non-Working Mothers