Previous research on children‟s inf
luence on holidays and vacation planning suggested thatthere was a high level of disagreement over the level of influence the child had on thisdecision. Our research suggests that this could potentially be because the parent has a higherlevel of knowledge in this category than the child, and therefore the parent is less likely to beinfluenced in regards to this category (as opposed to products they have limited knowledgein, such as technological products (Watne & Brennan, 2009)). However, the high level of expert power influenced by the parent did not significantly affect the ability of the child to act
as a socialisation agent with regards to holiday planning. Instead, the child‟s level of expert
power, while lower than the parents, still had a positive relationship towards their ability toact as an agent of socialisation. Thus, if the dyad see the child as knowledgeable regardingholidays, the parents are likely to have a very positive attitude towards CSA