POP Psychology: Parenting, Relationships, and Empirical Research

This report analyzes two sources: a segment from Dr. Phil's show focusing on parenting challenges and intimate relationships, and an empirical research article by Marjan Khajehei exploring the impact of parenting on parents' intimate relationships and the well-being of their children. The Dr. Phil s...Read More

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Introduction
The question is discussed the parenting challenges and parents’ intimate relationships. Firstly,
the review used in the study as summarized the case. Then the review was critiqued which
involved the how to make peace with the parents and have an intimate and nurturing relationship
with them and others. The cases used in the study are highly informative and also provide with
the statistics whenever they were possible. Overall, it can be said that the whole empirical
research was highly structured, and the POP psychology was highly informational. This paper
discusses major critical findings from both the cases of pop psychology and the empirical
research.
POP Psychology
The issues being discussed the parenting relationship and how to have a nurturing as well as the
intimate relationship with parents. Dr. Phil addressed various questions from the audiences and
provided them with new insights on the parenting relationships. Oprah takes questions from the
audiences while Dr. Phil answers them efficiently. One of the people in audiences mentioned that
due to her fear of saying no to people who were a vital part of her life she had a fear that she
might lose all of them. In this critical moment, Dr. Phil revealed very important questions that
are highly important to be asked to oneself when present in any relationship be it with your
parents, or friends. Similarly, it was observed that Dr. Phil dished out various vital no-nonsense
advice to their audience members who had a very struggling relationship with their parents.
The whole case in the show outlines the importance of the nurturing the intimate relationships.
The case depicted that people were struggling with various relationships in their day to day lives.
Many observations showed that the children look up to their parents with high respect
demanding various compliments and utmost care which they believe was not provided to them

during their childhood. Dr. Phil even mentioned that some of the parents are highly over-
protective, and some are highly immature and devoid their children of all the love and care they
deserve. It was observed that talking your heart out to your parents might be the best solution to
deal with these situations. Some people were seen to be highly emotional and feel heartbreak, Dr.
Phil suggested them to hold together and to trust your instincts and to embrace their parents with
full faith even when they are wrong and receive their parents in good spirits and even if the
parents are not ready to embrace their child they should move on and stand up for what they
believe is right.
The overall whole episode turned out to very highly informative. As the questions were put up
directly by the audiences, the whole episode was extremely reliable and trustworthy.
Empirical Research
The second article being reviewed involves, “Parenting challenges and parents’ intimate
relationships by Marjan Khajehei. The research not only highlights the importance of family and
parents’ well-being and its impact on the well-being of the child and further emphasizes on the
children-parents interactions and the intimate relationship satisfaction of the couples.
This article was highly structured due to aptly edited subheading and was highly informative due
to the various statistics provided in the study.
According to various studies the well-being of the family and parents impacts the well-being of
the children. It was revealed in the paper that around 64.3% Australian women experience sexual
dysfunction during the first postpartum due to the dissatisfaction in their relationships. Further, it
was seen that 37.2% of the postpartum women are seen to have relationship dissatisfaction
during the first year after childbirth.

The author of this article has completed his research studies of the parent's intimate relationship
and the well-being of the child by using various assessment method which was widely used in
the academic settings. The author has compiled as well as analyzed the whole research
beautifully. The conclusion provided in the article is by the data from this research and the result
of prior research studies. The research article included various past and present information and
data from various reliable sources which are complete and highly accurate. Therefore the whole
article does not solely pertain to the up to date information because past experiences have also
been mentioned in the article.
The author took a definite perspective in identifying the correlation between the parenting
relationship and the well-being of the child. The findings are presented in a logical manner so as
to support all the evidence of the project. Furthermore, some personal reflections are also used in
the article.

References
Anon. 2015. "Dr. Phil On Making Peace With Your Parents | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Oprah Winfrey
Network". YouTube. Retrieved July 10, 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCh-ZxWIlc).
Khajehei, Marjan. 2015. "Parenting Challenges And Parents' Intimate Relationships." Journal of Human
Behavior in the Social Environment 26(5):447-451.