Diana Baumrind Parenting Style

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Chapter 1 Situation Analysis Filipinos are famous when it comes to agriculture. Agriculture is the primary source of income among farmers. Farming is the most important sector in the Philippine society and farmers are the most industrious people. Through the laborious work of farmer’s, families are able to feed their members. Because of farming people are able to eat healthy foods. However, the real situation about farmers is difficult. For them there is no excuse not to go to the fields and work, there is no limit to their sacrifices, sometimes they fail to have enough rest because they need to attend to their farms. And to top this, they need to earn money and to support their children to be able to sustain their needs. Aside from the daily task in their farm, farmers have to take part in parenting tasks. When they get home from the fields they face the grueling task of disciplining their children. Parenting could be one of the greatest struggles of farmer parents. In contrast, Diana Baumrind said thatParenting is a most challenging yet rewarding experience. Diana Baumrind developed a classification of parenting styles such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved or …show more content…

She posited three types of parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative (Berger 2001). The authoritarian parenting is where parents establish the rules and expect that children will follow them without expectation. The authoritative parents also have rules that children are expected to follow, however, they will allow some expectations to the rule. The permissive parents don’t offer much discipline. They tend to be lenient and may only step in when there is a serious problem. The neglectful they often do not meet their children’s basic needs and may expect children to raise

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