erdEducation Reform and Development2652-53642652-5372Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/erd.v7i5.10638ArticleThe Influence of Family Relationships on Children’s Psychological Developmenthttps://artdesignp.com/journal/erd/7/5/10.26689/erd.v7i5.10638YanYuan2025752025-05-30Childhood is a crucial stage for an individual’s psychological development. Family relationships during this period have a profound impact on children’s psychological and long-term development. The family plays an important role in children’s mental health. It is necessary to focus on creating a harmonious family atmosphere and giving full play to the positive roles of mothers in building children’s trust in the early stage and fathers in promoting the development of children’s moral reasoning ability during adolescence. Based on this, this paper studies the influence of family relationships on children’s psychological development, analyzes the key factors affecting children’s psychological development, such as family atmosphere, parent-child relationship, and parents’ marital quality, and puts forward corresponding suggestions, aiming to provide a theoretical reference for optimizing the family environment and facilitating the healthy psychological development of children.

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