Parenting Styles and Their Effects
The parenting styles commonly used based on the work of Diana Baumrind, a developmental psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley, in the 1960s. According to Baumrind’s theory, there is a close relationship between the type of parenting style and children’s behavior. Different parenting styles can lead to different child development and their consequences. Based on extensive observation, interviews, and analyses, by Baumrind and later studies in the 1980s by Maccoby and Martin there are four parenting styles. Authoritative Authoritarian (or Disciplinarian) Permissive (or Indulgent) Neglectful (or Uninvolved) Authoritative Parenting outcome is high demandingness and high responsiveness. In this kind of parenting, these parents provide their kids with reasoning and explanation for their actions. Explanations allow children to have a sense of awareness and teach kids about values, morals, and goals. For this, the parents set rules and impose boundaries by...
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