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Regardless of the parents' orientation to privacy violations of their children, the point remains that from these data, college-age children believe that invasions comprise the parent-child relationship in meaningful ways. As Youniss and Smollar ( 1985) point out, "individuality, which is probably a primary issue between parents and adolescents, develops gradually through a series of accommodations. . . . The parents retain authority by giving more freedom to adolescents by recognizing their personal needs and capabilities" (pp. 158, 162).

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