With troublesome children parents will often engage the linear communication model and make efforts to prevent the receiver from becoming senders and converting to the transactional communication mod?

Parents of troublesome children engage in linear communication in order to maintain the desired power dynamics. This is usually done to punish or reprimand the child. The child is placed in the role of receiver only and his or her attempts to send will be quickly cut off by the parents. In this way communication structures is used as a means of power and control.