And unlike authoritarian parents, who don't give explanations for their rules and withhold love and affection as punishment,
authoritative parents value open communication with their child and give ample emotional support.
Not exact matches
Put another way, the
authoritative parenting style reflects a balance between two
values — freedom and responsibility.
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.
Authoritative parenting is characterized by
values of high behavior control (high behavior control is characterized by being relatively demanding with your children, expecting obedience, help with chores, socially accepted behavior, rules that are followed, punishments for disobedience etc..)
Besides being on the same page as Catherine Lewis when it comes to agreeing that
authoritative parenting may undermine independency and the internalisation of
values and inner motivation, Wendy Grolnick also finds that Diana Baumrind doesn't seem to realize the crucial importance of «context».
The following personality traits,
values and strategies are characteristic of
authoritative parents:
According to WFMY News, both permissive and
authoritative parents love and
value their children but these
parenting styles do not reflect a
parent's love and commitment to their kids.
Authoritative parents are responsive and understanding of their kids but in the end, they will still keep high control by letting predefined rules of conduct, societal norms and consensus
values determine the end outcome of their decision.
In the 1960s the old «Victorian»
values (high control, stricter morals, rigid rules) of the authoritarian
parenting style were slowly making way to a somewhat more relaxed
parenting style, namely the
authoritative parenting style (still high in control but also high in responsiveness as well).
Authoritative Parenting Beliefs and
Values: Socially responsible, shaping and reinforcement, coorporative, rational control, relative freedom of choice.
One of the differentiating factors between authoritarian and
authoritative parents is requiring obedience versus instilling
values.
The developers reported Cronbach's coefficient alpha
values of 0.86 for
authoritative parenting, 0.82 for authoritarian
parenting, and 0.64 for permissive
parenting.
According to her, «the
authoritative parent shares the reasoning with child behind her policy... autonomous self - will and disciplines conformity is
valued by the
authoritative parents... (she) exerts firm control at points of
parent — child divergence but does not hem the child in with restrictions.