“Focus more about who your child is than on what your child does. Remember, you’re growing a person, not fixing a problem” L.R. Knost. To see the importance of different parenting techniques, one must look at the Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, and Lenient parenting techniques. Over the years parenting styles have changed drastically. In the mid twentieth century, parents weren’t as concerned about their children but as the years progressed on, parents became more aware of what was going on with their children and what their children were up to. According to AHA parenting, there are four types of parenting styles: Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive, and uninvolved otherwise known as lenient (AHA Parenting). A study …show more content…
According to Baumrind, these parents are “obedience- and status- oriented, and expect their orders to be obeyed without an explanation” (1991). A research study conducted by Laura Markham, a clinical psychologist, says “being too strict can cause depression and loneliness in the children, because a child may feel unwanted” (Markham). Overall the Authoritarian parenting approach leads to children who are obedient and proficient but the children generally rank lower in happiness, social competition, and self esteem. Some characteristics of the Authoritarian parent includes parents who have absolute control over their children. “Authoritarian parents think that they know what is best for their kids; therefore it is up to the parents to dictate what the children really need. Authoritative parents limit or ban most things that their children enjoy because these will distract the kids from their best academic performance” (What is your parenting style?). The Authoritarian parent worry about preparing their child for not just the child’s present but also for the child’s future; They strongly believe that a child should develop positive habits early in life so it will follow them throughout their lifetime. The outcome of a test conducted by PISA concludes that children with an oriental background tend to have a better performance rate compared to American students. Authoritative Parenting technique sets rules that the
Over time, many studies have achieved a common objective; to group parenting behaviors into related clusters called parenting styles. Parenting styles, according to a 2007 article in the “Journal of Education and Human Development,” are a mixture of demandingness and responsiveness. Authoritarian parents are
Gwen discussed the effects of authoritarian parenting on its benefits and drawbacks to children development with reference to research findings. This style affect children growth in behavioral, social, emotional, moral aspects and school performance. The behaviors of children are well-developed and advoid severial risky behavior such as drugs, alcohol taking, and anti-social behavior. Also, this style causes the embrrassment in social relationship because they will be less likely accepted by peers and receive less competence or sources. On emotional aspect, kids are easily report negatives including anxiety, depression and lower self esteem. Furthermore, research suggest that authoritarian caregiving associate with lower school performance
Parenting styles were developed by Diana Baumrind in 1966 at the University of California at Berkeley (Diana Divecha Ph.D, 2015). Baumrind used a model of demands and responsiveness to determine three types of parenting styles. These styles were authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting. Because permissive parenting lacks in demand and discipline, it will not be discussed in this essay. In Baumrind’s model, demands refers to the amount of control parents exert onto and expect from their children. Responsiveness refers to how a parent nurtures and empathizes with their child. Parents with high demands and high responsiveness follow the authoritative parenting style. On
In this article, Beth discusses about the long term effects of authoritarian parenting in four different sides. First, she mentioned children of authoritarian parents live in a ambience that is high control and lack of warmth. They get a high obedience, it is based on fear, not the esteem. Second, she founds that some research shows children are more likely to be aggressive toward their peers such as name-calling and bullying although other research shows these children tend to be well-behaved. Third, it is about their relationships and performance in school. These children are less socially competent, less helpful, less popular and less likely to be accepted by their classmates. Fourth, the writer mentioned the benefits of authoritarian parenting. There is a evidence that friends of adolescents
The authoritarian parenting style is a style in which the parent has the only say. This parenting style “is based on obedience and the expectation of a child obeying without an explanation required” (McMillian). Authoritarian parents are more likely to discipline their children. Children of authoritarian parents don’t often get
Research in parenting styles has found a large amount of correlation between parenting behavior and certain long-term outcomes for children. Specifically, parenting styles have been shown to correlate to a child’s obedience level, school competence, delinquency, violence, sexual activity, antisocial behavior, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and self-perception. The members of your family are the most prevalent relationships you will have in your life. Therefore, they will have the most influence in your future behavior. This paper examines the similarities and differences among authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and neglecting parenting styles and the effects on a child’s development and the resulting adolescent’s behavior.
Studies have found that authoritative parents foster an environment that breeds few academic problems and high levels of self-determination to do well in school (Aldhafri, 2011). In fact, it is the biggest predictor of later school success and academic competence. (Sartaj & Aslam, 2010). However, another study conducted on Spanish children found that children with permissive and authoritative parents were equal in personal competence (a combination of social competence and grade point average), but children with permissive parents still received more failing grades than authoritative. And the children of authoritative parents scored higher in personal competence than authoritarian, but received the same amount of failing grades (Garcia & Gracia,
Authoritarian parents normally do not interact with their children in positive ways and usually install fear into the child. Punishment is usually harsh and given without explanation. Children with authoritarian parents are often anxiety- ridden. Studies have shown that these children have lower self- esteem, show high aggressiveness and typically do less well in school. Permissive parenting consists of high nurture and acceptance, but these parents lack structure and control. These parents look at their children as “free spirits” who need space to learn and grow. Permissive parents are usually inconsistent with discipline. Children with permissive parents normally are impulsive and irresponsible. These children also lack any self- control since none was expected (Sclafani 47).
Authoritarian parents have low involvement and high demand on their children. They are extremely harsh and require their children to submit to their commands and surveillance with little or no communication. Children with these type of parents are not given room to discuss with their parents. They are to comply to their parents with unquestionable respect, and great levels of achievement are anticipated at all times. The result of defying the commands is merciless punishment, which can include yelling and hitting.
Parenting styles have been widely defined by Baumrind into three categories, authoritative, authoritarian and permissive. Parenting styles can be defined as a pattern of attitudes in how parents choose to express and communicate with their children. These styles are categorized based on the level of nurturance, parental control and level of responsiveness (Dwairy, 2004). Authoritative style exhibits high levels of demand, responsiveness and nurturance; authoritarian style exhibits high levels of demand but low levels of responsiveness, permissive style exhibits low levels of demand but high in responsiveness and nurturance (Dwairy, 2004). These parenting styles have been proposed to have a significant impact on a child’s
In my recent psychology class we studied parenting styles. They are grouped into three different categories; authoritarian, authoritative, and overly permissive. This gave me insight into a couple of different programs I’ve watched on television.Authoritarian parents are parents that set strict rules to keep order and they usually do this without much expression of warmth and affection. “They demand obedience to authority.” (Coon & Mitterer, 2010, p. 91) When the child questions the parent, "Because I said so," is often the response. Parents tend to focus on bad behavior, and not positive behavior, and children are scolded or punished for not after the rules. Authoritative parents help their children learn to be responsible for
In the early 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrid conducted a research, analyzing child-parent behavior, seeking to identify parenting styles. The Baumrid study and other further studies identified four main styles of parenting (Miller, 2010): the authoritative parenting style was characterized by fair rules and consequences; The Authoritarian parenting style was characterized by strict rules and harsh punishment; the permissive parenting style was characterized by minimal rules with little or no consequences; the uninvolved parenting style was characterized by no rules, and parent presence was almost non-existent. In this paper, I’m going to look at the authoritarian style of parenting in an attempt to draw out its characteristics and its immediate and later impacts on children impact.
The authoritative parenting style is the “In between,” of both the authoritarian and permissive parenting styles, and has a “Give and take approach.” Authoritative parents are very involved in their children’s lives: children help around the home and in decision-making processes, and homework is supervised. This approach to parenting raises children who are responsible, well behaved in school, have a high self-esteem, and good problem solving skills along with decision making skills. The authoritative approach to parenting has very positive effects on children’s lives presently, and in the future. (Marsiglia, C.,Walczyk, J., Buboltz, W., Ross, D. 2007).
“Baumrind (1967, 1971) identified three main styles of parenting”, explains Swartz, de la Rey, Duncan and Townsend (2011:65). The three main styles of parenting are authoritarian parenting, authoritative parenting and permissive parenting. Furthermore, each one of these parenting styles is associated with certain outcomes based on the behaviour of the child, the type of relationship that the child has with the parent and even the child’s self-esteem. However, according to a psychological expert Cherry (2015) “developmental psychologists have long been interested in how parents impact child development”. In brief, this might mean that, parents’ actions and behaviour have a huge impact on their child, which may cause the child to adopt the behaviour and make it a habit as they grow to be parents. So, as a parent you should always keep in mind that “your kids watch you for a living. It’s their job, it’s what they do. That’s why it’s so important to try your best to be a good role model”, declares Lehman (n.d.). I will now discuss the authoritarian
During the stage of early childhood parents should consider the child’s social, physical and emotional development when deciding which parenting style to use. Some adults continue to practice their parents approach because that’s how they were taught. Others may have learned about parenting styles throughout their education or may have heard it from other parents. There are three main parenting approaches that parents use to educate their children which are authoritarian, permissive and authoritative approach. Authoritarian style is when there is only one-way communication and the parent is usually the one making the rules. Permissive style is when the parent is aware of what the child is doing, but does not provide caring relies on neglect. Authoritative style is when the parent and child work together to develop rules and positive guidance (Miller). Today, these parenting styles are the most common used upon children. Early childhood is a critical stage because children are starting to learn languages and are curious about how their surrounding works. The most appropriate parenting style to use during early childhood is authoritative approach.