Parenting styles
Since human behaviors are the result of the nature selection and the nurturing received from the environment, parents have a huge effect on their child's behaviors. Therefore, developmental psychology focuses on studying parenting styles and how decisions that parents make can reflect on their child's behaviors.
Parenting styles are the manners in which parents raise their child. It is a set of rules, expectations, and levels of attentiveness and nurturing that parents establish as a common ground for raising a child. Researcher Diana Baumrind concluded that parenting styles can be classified into three categories:
Authoritarian style: The child is fully controlled by the grownup. He or she expected to follow and obey orders without windows of discussion using the sentence, ”Because I said so.” For example, a parent would restrict the child's activities and assign him daily chores to teach him to respect work. This method also uses punishment when the child’s thoughts and actions are not similar to the parent’s.
Permissive style: The child is fully in control in the family. The parent is very indulgent with minimal or no demands of the child and considers the child capable of controlling himself or herself and therefore does not set high expectations. We often find the parent acting like a lenient friend and not as a parent. The parent does not use any form of discipline and does not believe in punishment.
Authoritative style: The parent has control and establishes boundaries that the child is expected to respect and follow with open communication. In this style, nurturing and forgiveness often replaces the punishment, and the parent is involved in the child’s life, giving room for adjustment and the necessary tools to develop a balanced and socially integrated personality.
According to the studies of the parenting styles, we can conclude that the authoritarian style leads to raising obedient kids who lack self-confidence and are unable to thrive socially. The permissive style creates unhappy kids with no boundaries and no respect for the norms. Lastly, the authoritative style results in assertive and happy children who respect regulations and are communicative. The truth is, raising kids depends on more than just a parenting style, it is the result of the traits and the environment around us. Therefore, the parenting style results are based on a correlation method, and it cannot be considered as a causation method.
References
Myers,D.G.(2013). Psychology (10th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishing
Diana Baumrind (1966) Prototypical Description of 3 Parenting Styles. Retrieved from http://www.devpsy.org/teaching/parent/baumrind_styles.html
Parenting styles are the manners in which parents raise their child. It is a set of rules, expectations, and levels of attentiveness and nurturing that parents establish as a common ground for raising a child. Researcher Diana Baumrind concluded that parenting styles can be classified into three categories:
Authoritarian style: The child is fully controlled by the grownup. He or she expected to follow and obey orders without windows of discussion using the sentence, ”Because I said so.” For example, a parent would restrict the child's activities and assign him daily chores to teach him to respect work. This method also uses punishment when the child’s thoughts and actions are not similar to the parent’s.
Permissive style: The child is fully in control in the family. The parent is very indulgent with minimal or no demands of the child and considers the child capable of controlling himself or herself and therefore does not set high expectations. We often find the parent acting like a lenient friend and not as a parent. The parent does not use any form of discipline and does not believe in punishment.
Authoritative style: The parent has control and establishes boundaries that the child is expected to respect and follow with open communication. In this style, nurturing and forgiveness often replaces the punishment, and the parent is involved in the child’s life, giving room for adjustment and the necessary tools to develop a balanced and socially integrated personality.
According to the studies of the parenting styles, we can conclude that the authoritarian style leads to raising obedient kids who lack self-confidence and are unable to thrive socially. The permissive style creates unhappy kids with no boundaries and no respect for the norms. Lastly, the authoritative style results in assertive and happy children who respect regulations and are communicative. The truth is, raising kids depends on more than just a parenting style, it is the result of the traits and the environment around us. Therefore, the parenting style results are based on a correlation method, and it cannot be considered as a causation method.
References
Myers,D.G.(2013). Psychology (10th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishing
Diana Baumrind (1966) Prototypical Description of 3 Parenting Styles. Retrieved from http://www.devpsy.org/teaching/parent/baumrind_styles.html