Moreover, achievement in math, science, and many other academic fields depends on critical thinking — something that
authoritarian parenting seems to discourage.
Not exact matches
While some have studied child characteristics that
seem to lead to abuse, Gershoff focused more on adult characteristics, and found corporal punishment was more likely when
parents were younger, female, more aggressive, depressed, inconsistent and ineffective in their
parenting style, or reliant on
authoritarian techniques.
While Amy Chua is a fairly new voice in the field of
parenting, her principles
seem founded on the well - established but rather «oldfashioned»
authoritarian parenting style.
Studies
seem to suggest the most extreme types of
parenting are «permissive»
parenting, with very few rules or expectations of children, and «
authoritarian»
parenting, with demands of total obedience.