In an article about parenting styles and child development by Kendra Van Wagner, its for certain that parenting styles have a huge impact and role in child development. The environment and surroundings or where a child is brought up can have little impact because some children raised in dramatically different environments can later grow up to have remarkably similar personalities. Conversely, children who share a home and are raised in the same environment can grow up a up having an astonishingly different personality from the other. There were 4 important dimensions of parenting that were stated which were
*Disciplinary strategies Nurturance
*Warmth &
*Communication styles
*Expectations of maturity & control
There are also 4 different types of Parenting styles
*Authoritarian parenting - strict & unforgiving
*Authoritative parenting - strict but with reason and understanding; democratic
*Permissive parenting - submissive, lack of discipline, lenient; more of a friend that a parent
*Uninvolved parenting - no communication, usually detached from child's life, negligence
The impact of these parenting styles can greatly effect how the child grows up and ends up being. Usually the Authoritarian parenting style leads to obedient and proficient children, but with a lesser degree of happiness, social competence and self esteem. With an Authoritative parenting style, children tend to be happy, capable and successful. Permissive parenting often results in children who have low self esteem, low happiness and self-regulation. These children are more likely to experience problems with authority and tend to perform poorly in school. Uninvolved parenting is the worst across all life domains. These children tend to lack self-control, have low self esteem, and are less competent than their peers.
So why do parenting styles differ? After learning about the impact of parenting styles on child development, wouldn't you wonder why every parent should just utilize an authoritative parenting style?
Well not every family is the same. Culture, personality between the parents, background, economic status, education and religion can all play a role and impact the way a family runs and how they choose to parent their children. Is their really a right or wrong way to raise your children? Can raising your children in an authoritative style result in outcomes suggested in the permissive and uninvolved parenting styles? And can Children raised in permissive and uninvolved styles also outcome in vice versa in becoming happy, capable, and successful? Sure, but from these facts, we can just learn to utilize our tools and bring in the factors and do the best we can with what we have.
6 comments:
Interesting article.
I agree... The outcome of how a child grows up, what he/she becomes, and what they do with their life simply comes down to generations of parents, culture, background, education, religion...etc. Also, I think it also depends on the 'psychological status' and the health of the child too. I say psychological status, because no matter if a child's parent is Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive, or Uninvolved, the outcome in one's life depends on the choices one makes in life. And I say it depends on the health of the child too, because no matter how a child's parenting style is, if the child is not healthy at all, I think that affects the parenting style and whether the child grows up to be happy, successful or have low self esteem and low happiness...
Lastly, I don't think there's really a right or wrong way to raise a child, but from reading this article, the best way is definitely the Authoritative parenting. A parent should be strict, but with reasoning and understanding.
I agree with some of the points that were made in this article. The manner in which a child is raised can have a major affect on them. I feel as if authoritarian parentng is the best way to go. Where there is discipline is involved so that there is an understanding betwee right and wrong. All children should have love and affection. They should be able to hae a relationship with there perents to where they can talk to them about anything. Your parent can be your friend and parent at the same time. Evere has a choice to be whoever they want to be. In all cases the way in which someone was broght up. or the enviroment they grew up in has nothing to do with it.
Thanks Mark. Are these your words or the words of the author of the article? Just post a link to the article and give us YOUR reflection of what you read!
Hannah, Tell us what you mean about a child not being healthy... And, can you think of any wrong way to raise a child?
Danielle, could you find some research or information on the internet to back up your view?
Good job so far everyone. rw
It is an article I found, but I sort of summarized the article in my own words and the last 2 paragraphs were my reflection and insight towards the article, including questions I brought up and thought about the article.
After more research on "Child Development & Parenting", my views that I previously recorded about the article changed. Previously I stated that authoritarian parenting was one of the most beneficial styles of parenting. This is when the parent is "strict but with reason and understanding "(Mark). This is the most "limiting" of all the parenting styles listed. I say this because research has shown that " children of an authoritative parent shows a lower self esteem, lacks courage and mostly ends up being an introvert " (article). This limits the childs overall development. In my opinion parents should take the good aspects of all of the parenting styles and use them. This should be more beneficial on the child. They will not be deprived of achieving any particular goal in life because of the ridiculous choice of parenting parents may choose.
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