Its purpose is to illustrate potential determinants of adolescent care. Thus, interactions between the green sphere and the inner core should be fully understood by those seeking to support adolescent-parent relationship. The lower arrow depicts changes overtime in the socio-cultural and economic environment that shape what is desirable and feasible with respect to raising adolescents. More difficult to represent, but no less important, is the variation in notions of appropriate parenting related to the child's age or life-stage as locally construed.