摘要：Due to the fact that proverbs in each society represent common beliefs and customs and norms, their careful examination can provide a better understanding of the quality of family relationships. The aim of this study is to analyze the quality of Iranian proverbs related to parent-child relationship. Proverbs containing the word mother, father, child and their synonyms were analyzed qualitatively. Eleven main categories were extracted: Special and exclusive status of parents for a child, fusion in parent-child relationship, qualitative difference between the role of mother and father, child rearing style, parent-child relationship competitions, parenting benefits, parental expenses, parenting child's equity, owning the child by parents, child's loss of empathy toward parents, owning parent's property, Qualitative difference between son and daughter. Each of these categories includes sub category. Based on the results, parent-child relationship is a significant relationship. Parents, in addition to their benefits, also have a lot of difficulties, which make children always feel guilty toward their parents. In proverbs, the parent-child relationship is so tangled and closely imaged that it makes it hard to imagine the existence of concepts such as boundaries and differentiation in this regard. Also, the mother's position for the child is superior to the father. In the traditional family, this greatly contributes to promoting the status of women in the family power pyramid. Sexual desire, financial interests and life threatening are the most important threats to the parent-child relationship. Thus, the parent-child relationship, which is considered to be the most pivotal relation of people in traditional society of Iran, is also not completely trusted and is negatively influenced by the individualism and benefit of the parties.
