Adolescence of child from the mother´s perspective

The thesis deals with mothers´ view of adolescence. In the theorethical part, the period of adolescence is defined where the characteristics particularly physical, cognitive, emotional and social development are described. The next chapter is focused on the family with adolescent. Particular attention is paid to relationships between parents and adolescents and their transformations. The transformation of their mutual communication is also take into consideration. Then the relationship between mother and child is described, including attachment.The different types of attachments but also the transformation of attachment in adolescence are mentioned. The last chapter is focused on the relationship between mother and teenage daughter and teenage son. The main objective of this research is to find out, how the mothers look at the adolescence of their children. Qualitative research which is based on semi-structured interviews showed that mothers experience changes in behavior and social changes rather negative. On the contrary they experience physical and cognitive changes quite positive. Then it was found out that the coping of these changes is quite difficult for most mothers. Some mothers stopped to deal with the situations. The rest of the respondents dealt with changes with their loved ones. The relationship between mothers and their teenage children in most cases deepened, rarely has been weakened or unchanged. Although mothers experienced these changes quite negative, most of them perceives adolescence of their children quite positive