This paper focuses on the authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles, and discusses the differences and implications on children’s later adjustment. In the later section of the paper, it will be explained if the implications can be generalised to Singaporean families. I first interviewed a mother who described a situation when she discovered that her daughter, who was then nine years old, had stolen money from her. She was enraged and scolded her daughter for doing so, and proceeded to ask her daughter for an explanation regarding her behaviour, using physical punishment to force the answer out when she refused to answer. Subsequently, this mother gave her daughter a second chance and warned her that she would be punished more severely and brought to the police station if she ever stole again. According to this mother, she felt obliged to teach her child moral values. The method she undertook was the only way she knew how to discipline her daughter. I am of the opinion that the authoritarian parenting …show more content…
These children score higher on a variety of measures of competence, social development, self-perceptions, and mental health compared to those in authoritarian, permissive, or neglectful homes (Klein & Ballentine, 2001). Authoritative parenting has been found to have a significant impact on adolescent school performance and engagement in high school (Steinberg, Lamborn, Dornbusch, & Darling, 1992). In addition, the authoritative parenting style also positively predicted emotion regulation among adolescents (Jabeen, Anis-ul-Haque, & Riaz, 2013). With warmth and responsiveness a feature of the authoritative parenting style, children are provided with a sense of security, and the experience of negative affect becomes less threatening to them (Davies & Cummings,
Nicholas Hill Prof. Alex Boateng ENG 102 20 April, 2023 Parents are important to a child’s development. The way that an authority figure will parent their child affects how the child will develop. In “Wildwood” by Junot Diaz, and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid we read about characters who experience an authoritarian parenting style from their mothers. Authoritarian parents typically have a colder attitude toward their children. The parent(s) will not listen to their children when they express concerns or they will dismiss issues the child may have.
Ineffective parenting has so many impact on so many different levels; according to (Erikson, n.d.), “Theory of psychosocial development has eight distinct stages,’ ‘ According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and the acquisition of basic virtues. Basic virtues are characteristic strengths which the ego can use to resolve subsequent crises. Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self.” Hence, the need for effective parental presence for guidance of proper development.
Every way that a parent goes about raising their child will have a unique result. Written by Bianca Mgbemere and Rachel Telles, “Types of Parenting Styles and How to Identify Yours” is an article outlining different approaches to parenting and the outcomes each of these approaches has. Each of these major parenting styles are classified by the “different reactions” that the “children which they are used on” harbor (Telles & Mgbemere 1). Telles and Mgbemere expand on four types of parenting styles: neglectful, permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian. Estep, Hanna, et al. utilize these same parenting styles in their study outlined in the report “THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES, GENERAL DEVIANCE, ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, AND INFIDELITY”.
Parental behaviors characterizing the four parenting styles High Control Low Control High Responsiveness Authoritative • Firm and consistent control • Monitor and impart clear standards for their children’s conduct •Give priority to child’s needs and abilities •Implying age appropriate maturity demands • Encourage children to be independent • Attentive • Forgiving •
Puritan parenting precisely took advantage towards educational processes, most of the societies consented the well being of their children through severe discipline in order to develop a well civilized being constituting to the population. Puritan societies mostly agreed to raise mindfully their infants in order to accommodate the beliefs of god in utilizing different practices. Christianity being highly praised as a status, ensured children to rely strictly on methods that established proper cultural understanding such as respectful attributions, reading and writing. Mostly, parents efficiently associated their lessons through instructing their children in different forms, indicating the parental status of the household. The parenting process frequently provoked their offspring through the exposure of severe pressure in order to satisfy their elders.
Another example of the permissive parenting style shown
I have also learned an important lesson. We never get the opportunity back for each time the parent pushes the child away. I should try my best to acknowledge the child’s feelings and meet the child’s interests, needs and wishes at any time. 6. Experiential Activity: (game, activity, hands-on, role-playing) Topics/Titles: Giant: Explore authoritarian parenting style
Identify one (1) television show or movie that depicts an authoritarian style of parenting, one (1) that depicts an authoritative style of parenting, and one (1) that depicts a permissive style of parenting. Explain the effect that each of the three (3) styles has on the children. The type of discipline you use can have a dramatic effect on your child’s development. Your discipline strategies can have a major impact on the type of relationship you have with your child. The different approaches to discipline can even influence a child’s mood and temperament into adulthood.
Parents with an authoritarian style have very high expectations of their children, yet provide very little in the way of feedback and nurturance” (Cherry). Essentially, it’s a ‘do what I say because I said so’ mindset. Throughout my childhood, there was never any negotiation; it was just if I did something slightly out of line, I would be punished. I had to eat my vegetables until I gagged; I wasn’t allowed to talk back or else my dad would hit me on the back of my hands with a ruler; They would take my phone and read through all of my texts and apps to make sure I wasn’t hiding anything from them even though I did nothing initially to warrant it. In Discipline and Punish, it explains how the panoptic schema can be used in any situation of power, and I believe this has been the way my parents’ have inflicted “a particular form of behaviour” on me (Foucault).
Madison James Authoritative parenting is the parenting style that my parents used when I was growing up. Growing up with this parenting style I have become independent and self reliant. Some characteristics of authoritative parents include: listening to their child, letting their child express their opinion, encouraging their children, giving them fair and reasonable consequences, giving their child the opportunity to express their reasoning, having expectations for their children, and most of all showing warmth and nurture to their child. Both my mom and dad have always listened to me and never ignored me. No matter what they have always listened to everything I've ever had to say.
There are four separate parenting styles which are utilized by parents raising children. They are authoritative, authoritarian, permissive-indulgent, and rejecting-neglecting. The authoritative style is a child-rearing style where parents are restrictive and demanding, yet communicative and warm. Authoritarian is a child-rearing style in which parents demand submission and obedience from the child. Permissive-indulgent is a child-rearing style where the parents are warm and not restrictive.
While authoritarian parents are exceptionally strict and controlling, authoritative parents are much warmer and communicative. Authoritarian parents have a strong sense of justice and need for obedience, authoritative parents balance between the child’s desire for independence and obedience. This effects child's social behaviour. Studies have shown that children having
In order to further encourage parents to use this method, social workers and volunteers will present studies conducted by researchers to show the effectiveness of this style. For the overall wellness of a child, informing parents of the authoritative parenting style is the best solution to prevent violence in the family. This method is also a model for children in later adulthood as they establish their own families. It will encourage them to practice this method to their children, which will be beneficial to the overall wellness of their
Furthermore, they are tolerant and accepting of the children’s impulses and do not demand mature behavior in the process toward self-regulation (Dornbusch et al., 1987). Authoritarian Authoritarian parents tend to be demanding and directive but are not responsive to a child’s needs (Baumrind, 1991). They may often exercise authority and control by demanding unquestioning obedience, are detached and express little warmth, discourage verbal give-and-take, and use corrective disciplinary styles for control (Buri, 1991). Authoritative Authoritative parents are classified as the healthiest parenting style and are between the other two extremes of parenting styles (Buri, 1991).
Authoritarian parenting style is letting the child know that you are in charge and it is my way or the highway. The parents have all the control and does not let the child make decision and does not set them up to be able to make their own choices in their latter years. Authoritative parenting also referred to as positive parenting (232) is letting the child explore their individual wants and needs while the parent is encouraging this behavior. This parenting style is encourage by experts because it is the most effective (232). It is being a well-rounded parent that believes in being their for your child emotionally, setting rules, and wanting your child to be independent.