Baumrind Parenting Style

Parenting Styles Diana Baumrind, is a clinical and developmental psychologist that has been researching parenting styles since the 1960’s and has classified them into three categories (Eleanor Maccoby and John Martin adding a fourth category later on in their studies.) (encyclopedia) - Out of all the ways to describe parenting methods, they can be condensed into four categories that consist of authoritarian parenting, authoritative parenting, permissive parenting, and neglectful parenting. The first parenting style noticed by scholars is authoritarian parenting. (Trifan, Stattin, and Tilton-Weaver) The Science of psychology textbook explains that an “authoritarian parent firmly restricts, limits, and controls the child with
Sociologist Jeanne Ballantine describes authoritative parenting as “demanding and responsive, controlling but not restrictive” like authoritarian practices. (Ballantine) This parenting style makes compromises between parent and child. (King) There is still a sense of control, but the relationship between parent and child are more understanding and are able to talk things through when there is a dilemma using warmth and nurture. (King, 288) Ballantine and The Science of Psychology textbook describe children that have been raised under authoritative parents have “higher levels of competence, social development, self-perception, and mental health than those raised in authoritarian, permissive, or neglectful homes.” (King,
These parents are also known as the “uninvolved parents”, and uninvolved is exactly what they are. I like to describe these parents as the “lazy parents”. They don’t care what actions the child takes and does not support, encourage, or regulate the child in any way. (Ballantine) Neglectful parents also do not show any warmth or nurture to their child and only give them the bare necessities such as food and shelter. (Walton) According to Watson, neglectful parents find themselves being too busy or self-involved that they don’t have the “time” to teach their children life skills, support them in school, or be there for any recreational activities. Children that are raised by neglectful parents often think that are unimportant and have an incredibly low sense of self-esteem. They tend not to do well in school, develop anxiety, depression and often feel lonely and end up feeling withdrawn from society.