Even though we mentioned that
authoritative parenting takes the positive aspects of both authoritarian and permissive parenting and morphs them into a new, well - balanced parenting style, there is still a negative aspect: the difficulty to implement it.
Not exact matches
Instead of reacting with anger and telling her to go to her room and think about what she'd done (our normal model), I stayed in my
authoritative parenting space and picked her up and
took her to her room and asked her if she could spend time in her room to «cool down a little bit.
Authoritative parents encourage a verbal give - and -
take, and explain the consequences of good and bad behavior.
Sitting in the middle of the table were the
authoritative, or democratic
parents who are an integration of the other two
parenting styles — setting clear rules and expectations but also encouraging discussion and give - and -
take — especially as their children get older and are able to
take more responsibility for themselves.
In the infant - toddler years, these
take the form of sensitive - responsiveness, which is known to foster attachment security, 1 and mutually - positive
parent - child relations, which themselves promote child cooperation, compliance and conscience development.2 In the preschool through adolescent years,
authoritative (vs. neglectful)
parenting that mixes high levels of warmth and acceptance with firm control and clear and consistent limit - setting fosters prosocial orientation, achievement striving, and positive peer relations.3, 4,5 Across childhood and adolescence, then,
parenting that treats the child as an individual, respecting developmentally - appropriate needs for autonomy, and which is not psychologically intrusive / manipulative or harshly coercive contributes to the development of the kinds of psychological and behavioural «outcomes» valued in the western world.
Also you must
take in account that it is a known fact that different
parenting styles are effective for different races, While White and Hispanic children benefit from an
authoritative parenting style, it has been found that authoritarian
parenting styles are more beneficial for Black and Asian children.
Authoritative parents have rules and they use consequences, but they also
take their children's opinions into account.
Authoritative parents make demands that tally with their children's ability to
take responsibility for their behaviour - which makes children feel competent and self - reliant.
And this is important: Don't
take everything for granted - something in
authoritative parenting might work and something might not!
Included in this week's podcast: How an
authoritative parenting style lends itself to generosity The importance of perspective
taking The importance of acknowledging character vs. praising behavior How to guide girls to develop an internal code of eth
Taking charge of ADHD: The complete,
authoritative guide for
parents (Revised Ed.)
Authoritative parents are likely to have children who will: Feel free to ask questions about things that they encounter in daily life, Know how to respond to a particular situation and act accordingly
Take responsibility of their actions and act according to their age.
Baumrind views
authoritative parenting as a sort of middle ground,
taking the best from the authoritarian
parenting style, high control, and the best from the permissive
parenting style, high responsiveness.
Children raised by indulgent
parents tend to be immature, with little self - reliance or self - confidence, and they
take less personal responsibility than children raised with
authoritative parenting.
The
authoritative parenting style was identified by Diane Baumrind and is characterized by:
parents working with their children in a give and
take manner,
parents giving children the rationale behind their decisions and rules, and listening to their children's objections when they fail to conform.
This is the
authoritative parenting style where you
take charge and set reasonable boundaries for your child.
Taken together, these studies suggest that the frequency of visitation and children's feelings about their fathers are not good predictors of children's development or adjustment... «Recent research suggests that nonresident fathers play an important role in their children's lives to the extent that they provide
authoritative parenting — especially if this occurs within the context of cooperative relationships between the
parents.
Taking charge of ADHD, third edition: The complete,
authoritative guide for
parents.
The authoritarian
parenting mothers experience significantly (
taking α =.05) more
parent domain stress than do the
authoritative parenting mothers, t (549.3) = − 2.44 p =.02, as would be expected.
There is strong evidence to demonstrate that an
authoritative parenting style characterized as high in parental demand and parental responsiveness, that
takes into account the changing needs of adolescents, is associated with healthy adolescent psychological development.