Parenting Styles in Psychology
Within psychology, there are thought to be 3 main parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative or democratic. Authoritarian style parents generally exert control through strict rule and order. They will limit a child’s choices and not explain the reasons for their decisions to their children.
Permissive parents take little control over their kids. They do not set clear boundaries or goals for their kids any accept most things the child does in a warm and loving way. Both of these styles can be considered problematic because with authoritative parenting children may not learn to think for themselves or understand the reasons for their parent’s decisions while with permissive parenting kid’s problem behaviors will mot be disciplined or changed and without parental guidance, they may not learn to make responsible choices.
The third style, authoritative parenting, is considered to be the most effective parenting style within psychology, authoritarian parents guide their children to think for themselves and make responsible choices through establishing clear and reasonable rules and expectations while fully explaining the reasons behind them. These parents tend to focus on and reward good behavior while helping the child to understand why problematic behaviors are considered that way. They let the children make their own choices and participate in rule making as much as is appropriate for their child’s ability.
This video explains the different styles of parenting and focuses on the disadvantages of authoritarian parenting.
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