Lamb & Lewis, 11)Parents play a substantial role in shaping children's emotional health, particularly in early childhood 1 To better understand the impact of the parentchild relationship on the development of anxiety and depression in young children, research has focused on three main constructs 1) the degree to which a parent may be overprotective and/or critical, 2) parental modelling of anxietyEarly parent–child relationships often include discussion of emotional states, and a number of studies have identified concurrent and longitudinal associations between children's discussions of emotions with parents and their understanding of emotions (eg, Dunn, 1991;
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