Generally authoritarian parents are not very emotional or affectionate and are often critical of their children if they fail to meet their expectations.
Not exact matches
They compared kids whose
parents are
generally affectionate, have reasonable discussions about behavior with their child and set healthy boundaries (authoritative) with those whose
parents were strict about limits without much dialogue or affection (
authoritarian).
They found that teens were
generally better off having at least one authoritative
parent — even if the other
parent was permissive or
authoritarian (Fletcher et al 1999).
Trinkner sums up: «While it is
generally agreed that authoritative
parenting is more effective than
authoritarian and permissive styles, little is known about why some
parenting styles are more efficient than others.
Authoritarian parenting, which is
generally linked to less positive child social outcomes, tends to be more prevalent among ethnic minorities.
Authoritarian parenting is
generally considered an oppressive
parenting style that may have unfortunate long term consequences for children in terms e.g. of low self esteem and poor social skills
Over the years developmental psychologists have conducted studies and identified four main groups of
parenting styles which can be named and described in various ways, but are
generally known as: authoritative;
authoritarian; permissive and neglectful.