Known as the really strict parents,
authoritarian parents hold high expectations for their children and believe that parents are, and should be, in complete control.
Research lead Esther Calzada said: «
Parents» adherence to respeto (respect) may impact children not only by fostering
authoritarian parenting styles but also directly, by making young children more nervous or distressed during interactions with adults who
hold clear authority, such as teachers.»
When we let go of punitive
parenting and authority over the child style of
parenting, setting a limit with kindness and consistency and then actually
holding it may at first feel similar to punishing or being
authoritarian.
Fact:» [1] Fathers who reported strong
authoritarian views were involved relatively less in weekday caregiving, playing, teaching, and nighttime soothing and in weekend teaching during early infancy... Attitudes consistent with
authoritarian parenting, in which demands for obedience and behavioral control of children are prominent, appear to have lasting, negative effects on fathering even early in life, long before
parent - child conflicts and matters of discipline become common...» [2] Consistent with prior work linking maternal attitudes and father involvement, fathers engaged in relativelyless caregiving, playing, and teaching on weekends during early infancy when their partners
held highly protective attitudes... Although an initial lack of experience or support might be expected to diminish father involvement over time, relations between maternal protective attitudes and fathers» relative involvement did not
hold longitudinally... the lack of longitudinal relations may suggest that father involvement is primarily self - determined and that mothers» attitudes are in part a consequence of how involved fathers actually are in childrearing.»