Four Parenting Styles
Parenting includes many behaviors that work together to influence and mold a child for their future. Putting parents in categories according to whether they are positive or negative on their demands and responsibility. The four main parenting styles are indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative, and uninvolved. Each of these parenting styles reflects different naturally occurring patterns of parental values, practices, and behaviors (Baumrind) and a distinct balance of responsiveness and demandingness. Indulgent parenting are the more responsible parents than that of being demanding. They are the nontraditional parents that are lenient and don’t push behavior, and avoid anything to do with confrontation. Authoritarian parenting are very demanding
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but not responsible."They are obedience- and status-oriented, and expect their orders to be obeyed without explanation" (Baumrind). These parents have well structured rules along with the environment. There are two types of authoritarian parents: non authoritarian-directive who have direction with their kids and then there is authoritarian-directive which is the complete opposite. Authoritative parents are both responsible and demanding."They monitor and impart clear standards for their children's conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive. They want their children to be assertive as well as socially responsible, and self-regulated as well as cooperative” (Baumrind). Uninvolved parents are low in both responsibility and demandingness. They are the neglecting, rejecting parents who do not care about how they treat or raise their children. Because parenting style is a typology, rather than a linear combination of responsiveness and demandingness, each parenting style is more than and different from the sum of its parts (Baumrind). Psychological control "refers to control attempts that intrude into the psychological and emotional development of the child” (Baumrind).
One of the similarities between authoritarian and authoritative is that they both expect high demands on their children. Not only do they have high demands but they expect their children to obey the rules along with the parents. Authoritarian parents expect their children to except the punishments that they are given without questioning. Where authoritative parenting are more open to seeing their kids sides of the situation and how they choose to punish themselves. This shows that authoritarian parents tend to have high physiological control. Children from authoritarian families tend to perform well in school and clear away from bad influences. But with that, they have low social skills, which can causes them to be at risk for depression. Children from indulgent homes are more likely to become involved in bad situations which causes them to perform low in school. But they have higher self esteem and amazing social skills, with a high shot of developing depression. It is important to understand the different styles of parenting and the way they work. In the United States authoritative parenting is the most common especially among the middle class. There are some exceptions to this general statement, however: (1) demandingness appears to be less critical to girls' than to boys' well-being (Weiss & Schwarz), and (2) authoritative parenting predicts psychosocial outcomes and problem behaviors for adolescents in all ethnic groups studied (African-, Asian-, European-, and Hispanic Americans), but it is associated with academic performance only among European Americans and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic Americans
(Steinberg) Parenting styles provides people with the insight of how their children may act in the future based on the roles they play in their lives. Indulgent, Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Uninvolved are Baumrind’s top four parenting styles. Foremost among these are issues of definition, developmental change in the manifestation and correlates of parenting styles, and the processes underlying the benefits of authoritative parenting (Schwarz).
but not responsible."They are obedience- and status-oriented, and expect their orders to be obeyed without explanation" (Baumrind). These parents have well structured rules along with the environment. There are two types of authoritarian parents: non authoritarian-directive who have direction with their kids and then there is authoritarian-directive which is the complete opposite. Authoritative parents are both responsible and demanding."They monitor and impart clear standards for their children's conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive. They want their children to be assertive as well as socially responsible, and self-regulated as well as cooperative” (Baumrind). Uninvolved parents are low in both responsibility and demandingness. They are the neglecting, rejecting parents who do not care about how they treat or raise their children. Because parenting style is a typology, rather than a linear combination of responsiveness and demandingness, each parenting style is more than and different from the sum of its parts (Baumrind). Psychological control "refers to control attempts that intrude into the psychological and emotional development of the child” (Baumrind).
One of the similarities between authoritarian and authoritative is that they both expect high demands on their children. Not only do they have high demands but they expect their children to obey the rules along with the parents. Authoritarian parents expect their children to except the punishments that they are given without questioning. Where authoritative parenting are more open to seeing their kids sides of the situation and how they choose to punish themselves. This shows that authoritarian parents tend to have high physiological control. Children from authoritarian families tend to perform well in school and clear away from bad influences. But with that, they have low social skills, which can causes them to be at risk for depression. Children from indulgent homes are more likely to become involved in bad situations which causes them to perform low in school. But they have higher self esteem and amazing social skills, with a high shot of developing depression. It is important to understand the different styles of parenting and the way they work. In the United States authoritative parenting is the most common especially among the middle class. There are some exceptions to this general statement, however: (1) demandingness appears to be less critical to girls' than to boys' well-being (Weiss & Schwarz), and (2) authoritative parenting predicts psychosocial outcomes and problem behaviors for adolescents in all ethnic groups studied (African-, Asian-, European-, and Hispanic Americans), but it is associated with academic performance only among European Americans and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic Americans
(Steinberg) Parenting styles provides people with the insight of how their children may act in the future based on the roles they play in their lives. Indulgent, Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Uninvolved are Baumrind’s top four parenting styles. Foremost among these are issues of definition, developmental change in the manifestation and correlates of parenting styles, and the processes underlying the benefits of authoritative parenting (Schwarz).