Three Factors in Parent-Child Relationships

mental activities are affected by unpleasant emotions. Therefore, children perform below their intellectual capacities when they are emotionally disturbed. How children view their roles in life and their positions in the social group is also influenced by their emotions, whether they are happy, frightened, or curious. The success of their social adjustments depends on it. Further, emotions affect social interaction in a way that children are encouraged to experience various emotions, from pleasure to unpleasant emotions. It results in the children development in relation to their social interaction. Emotional expressions that satisfy children will be repeated and developed into a habit. When children become adults, the habits will be established firmly that it will be difficult to change them. Children’s emotions also affect the psychological climate of the environments and it affects them. The environment shows its influence towards children’s emotions that they will act based on what the environment teach them to do. Post 288 also explains the negative characteristics that may come in children’s development. One of them is rudeness. Basically, it is caused by two factors, namely parents’ low control and children’s loneliness. The first factor comes from parents’ lack of control and attention that they never tell the appropriate manners and behaviors to their children. As a result, children become rude because they do not know what good manners are. The second factor, loneliness, usually happens in a family who only has one child. Children who do not have anyone to share and give tend to be very selfish and self-centered. Being alone, that children is also inclined to be introspective.

2.2 Theoretical Framework

In order to analyze the relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer, the psychological approach is used. Then, theories of character and characterization are used to determine the characters of Annie, Mrs. X, and Grayer. Next, theories of mother-child relation and family influences on a growing child are also used to determine how the relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer is. Furthermore the theory of power and parent-child relationships is used to analyze he parental role, specifically the mother’s parental role. The analysis will be supported by the theory of child emotional development and physical well- being. Then, The theory of child emotional development and physical well-being will also be used for identifying some impacts of his inharmonius relationship with his mother on Grayer’s attitudes. When the analysis is done, the writer will conclude his findings regarding to the novel and the analysis.