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Family interaction in free play and children's social competence.

The picture of family interaction provided by a narrative record enables us to make a general statement about the overall warmth of family relationships and about how specific aspects of parent-child interaction affect individual components of the children's general competence. If a family takes the opportunity we provide to play together, if each member seeks out interaction with the others, and if all seem to enjoy this interaction, then we judge the family to be operating well and to have established a mutually satisfying set of relationships. If a family does not play together or does not enjoy being together, then we have an indication that the family does not function well as a system and that the parents and children in the family do not look to one another for help, information, support, or encouragement, or share with one another their thoughts and their excitement. Our single, 30-min observation may not permit us to describe accurately the actual relationships that exist in other settings, but it does allow us to differentiate well-functioning from poorly functioning families. For example, at home one family might be disengaged, each of the family members avoiding contact with the others; another family might fight almost constantly. While both families might choose simply to avoid interacting with one another in the observation room and appear similar, neither family will appear warm, and both will be easily distinguishable from families with frequent, warm, supportive interaction. In addition to reflecting the general level of family function, the frequency and warmth of parent-child interaction in a family is important because this aspect of family interaction directly affects cognitive and social development. Such interaction is stimulating, and the children benefit from their parents' knowledge and experience. While all of the parents in the sample are not equally creative or equally bright, they all can contribute