THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PARENTING STYLES ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

BY: KORY GILL

THE FOUR DIFFERENT PARENTING STYLES ARE:

• AUTHORITATIVE

• AUTHORITARIAN

• PERMISSIVE

• UNINVOLVED

EXAMPLE OF EACH OF THE FOUR PARENTING STYLES

•HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=EBV51UJAN3C

THE EFFECTS OF THE AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE

• KIDS TEND TO ACHIEVE HIGHER GRADES IN COLLEGE.

• KIDS WHO ARE CONSIDERED “GIFTED”, HAVE PARENTS WHOM USED THE AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE.

• LESS LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS

• CHILDREN LEARNS BASIC SKILLS OF DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION.

IS THE AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE THE BEST?

NOT NECESSARILY! • MOST OF THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE

WAS DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.

• THE EFFECTS OF PARENTING STYLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES ARE BEING RESEARCHED. HOWEVER, AS OF NOW, RECENT RESEARCH SUGGEST AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE IS NOT THE BEST FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE OF WESTERN CULTURE.

• IN COLLECTIVIST COUNTRIES, AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE WAS VIEWED AS POSITIVE AMONGST CHILDREN.

• HTTP://WWW.TODAY.COM/VIDEO/TODAY/41089948#41089948

THE EFFECTS OF AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE

• THE CHILD HAVE HARD TIME THINKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL

• ANGER PROBLEMS

• LOW SELF ESTEEM (INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURE)

• FEAR FAILURE

• TEND TO DISLIKE HIGHER AUTHORITIES

THE EFFECTS OF PERMISSIVE PARENTING STYLE

• LACKS SELF-DISCIPLINE

• DEMANDING

• UNDERAGE DRINKING (THREE TIMES AS LIKELY)

• MAY LACK SOCIAL-SKILLS

• LESS MOTIVATED ACADEMICALLY

• HAS HARD TIME WITH SHARING

THE EFFECTS OF UNINVOLVED PARENTING STYLE

• FEARS DEPENDING ON PEOPLE

• LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS

• LACK SELF-CONTROL

• LOW SELF ESTEEM

• FEELS UNIMPORTANT TO THE PARENTS

WHY WOULD PARENTS USE THE UNINVOLVED PARENTING STYLE?

• THE PARENT WAS RAISED WITH THE UNINVOLVED PARENTING STYLE

• MAY BE USED UNINTENTIONALLY BY PARENTS TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN LIVES. PARENTS MIGHT BE BUSY MOVING UP IN A COMPANY.

• ON THE OTHER HAND, PARENTS MIGHT BE TOO BUSY DOING DRUGS.

• HAVE LITTLE DESIRE OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS.

WHAT DOES THE CHILD THINK?

• THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE ON PARENTING STYLES WAS BASED OFF HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEIVED THEIR PARENTS’ PARENTING STYLE.

• MALES TEND PERCEIVED THEIR MOTHER’S PARENTING STYLE TO BE PERMISSIVE

• FEMALES PERCEIVED THEIR MOTHER’S PARENTING STYLE TO BE AUTHORITATIVE

QUESTIONS

• WHAT PARENTING STYLE DID YOU GROW UP WITH? WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DID IT HAVE ON YOU AS A PERSON?

• DID YOU GROW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH MULTIPLE PARENTING STYLES? IF SO, WHICH PARENTING STYLES AND WHICH ONE DID YOU RESPOND TO THE BEST?

• DO YOU USE THE SAME PARENTING STYLE THAT YOUR PARENTS USED? IF YOU ARE NOT A PARENT, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL USE THE SAME PARENTING STYLE THAT YOUR PARENTS USED?

OTHER WORK CITED

• HTTP://ED101.BU.EDU/STUDENTDOC/ARCHIVES/ED101SP06/JRICKLES/AUTHORITATIVEDEBATE.HTML

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• HTTP://WWW.THE-POSITIVE-PARENTING-CENTRE.COM/AUTHORITARIAN_PARENTING_STYLE.HTML

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• HTTP://PSYCHOLOGY.ABOUT.COM/OD/CHILDCARE/F/PERMISSIVE-PARENTING.HTM