THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON SELF CONCEPT AND CAREER CHOICE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MACHAKOS COUNTY IN KENYA By JULIUS NDETI NDETO EDU/PGP/1001/09 A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MOI UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014 DECLARATION Declaration by the candidate I declare that this thesis is my own original work and it has never been submitted to any higher
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role in parenting styles? First what are some different styles of parenting? According to Diana Baumrind there are four different styles of parenting; authoritarian‚ authoritative‚ neglectful and indulgent parenting. The authoritarian style is a restrictive style where the parents push the child to follow their directions and set firm limits. The authoritative style encourages the children to be independent‚ the parents are warm and nurturing but still place limits. The neglecting style is where
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factors within families and the environment. In this paper‚ I will explain how families affect the development of infants and young children. I will also evaluate different parenting styles and its influences on a child’s development during the infancy and early childhood stages while voicing my opinion on which parenting style I believe is most effective. Lastly‚ I will discuss early childhood education and the influence it plays on cognitive development. Effect of Families on Development Throughout
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2010). Temperament is a behavioral style that shows the how of behavior‚ rather than the what or why. Temperamental differences are present at birth; they influence how children behave toward individuals and objects in their environments and how they are affected by the environment (Behavioral-Development Initiatives‚ 1996-2012). Temperament originates in genes and prenatal development and is affected by early experiences (Berger‚ 2011‚ p. 183). Parenting is a mutual process where the parent
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Child Welfare and Development Parenting in the dictionary is defined as the process of rearing children and a parenting style is the strategy that parents use in raising their children. There is much debate over the best way to rear children and this debate has been going on for hundreds of years. Most people have their own ideas about the right way to educate‚ socialise and discipline their own children. Many parents create their own style from a combination of factors and these may evolve
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Mobley‚ “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” Her style of child rearing was definitely a much softer approach than the one Elizabeth used. In Baumrind’s scheme of parenting styles‚ there are three styles: Authoritative‚ permissive and authoritarian. I think that the style of parenting Elizabeth uses in the book would be authoritarian parenting‚ whereas Aibileen uses the softer‚ authoritative approach. Authoritative parenting is a child-centered approach that holds the child accountable
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The Baumrind Theory of Parenting Styles by Beth Greenwood‚ Demand Media Diana Baumrind studied social‚ clinical and developmental psychology in the late 1940s and early ’50s. She chose research after she graduated with a PhD because she felt it would give her flexibility in caring for her daughters‚ according to the American Psychological Association. During the 1970s‚ she conducted extensive studies of parent-child interactions in the home. Baumrind developed the theory that there were four main
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development‚ which involves children learning values‚ knowledge and skills enabling them to relate to others effectively. Furthermore‚ describing the role of parents‚ what influences that role‚ parents as role models and how parents implement different parenting styles and their impact? As well as focusing on children’s first relationships‚ attachments and how they relate to others as they develop towards adulthood. The role of a parent is to care for a child’s biological needs‚ provide safe environment‚ to
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infancy‚ whether the child had a secure or unsecured bond with their parent. The second element is the types of parenting styles used while the child was developing. There are three components: authoritarian‚ permissive and authoritative. These two factors affect the child’s behavior. Parents influence their child’s development by the nature of attachment given during infancy; parenting styles used thus affecting their behavior. Has anyone ever told you that if a parent always picks up their baby the
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are four main types of parenting styles: authoritative‚ permissive‚ authoritarian and uninvolved. Many of these parenting styles cause self-esteem‚ social‚ and academic related issues in children. Parents often do not have the knowledge that the way they parent has an effect on their children‚ nor do they truly know how to be a parent. Due to this fact‚ a parenting or child care class should be required course for high school graduation. Two very different parenting styles are used in the stories
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