As a parent who believes in
the lenient parenting, you will not make your child feel that you have the higher authority in the relationship and that your child is your subordinate.
The permissive style of parenting, as the name implies already, is also often called by some other names, such as
lenient parenting or indulgent parenting.
If one of you has a more
lenient parenting style, and the other is harsher, do you fight about whose approach is right or wrong?
Many people picture extremely
lenient parents who impose few rules and fewer consequences.
Not exact matches
The reasoning for this is simple: by the time the youngest sibling comes along,
parents are less worried about raising children and because of this, are more
lenient when it comes to laying down the law.
Nations like China and the U.K. have been somewhat more
lenient on this issue than the United States (the U.K. paved the way for three -
parent babies to combat devastating genetic disorders back in 2016), but most things involving even a whiff of genetic engineering still come with a fair bit of bioethical controversy.
Some
parents say grandparents are too
lenient and let too much slide, while others feel they are too strict, unforgiving and demanding of conformity.
Permissive
parents place few rules on their child and are quite
lenient.
This type of coparenting conflict can go both ways, with some
parents accusing their exes of being too
lenient, and others claiming their ex is too hard on the children.
-LSB-...] Even in the most
lenient hospital environments,
parents must expect to insist upon continuous contact with their baby, as well as privacy, or they will not get it.
These
parents are non-directive, over-involved,
lenient and have blurred roles.
He notes that
parents get
lenient about letting the child stay home, leading to further problems.
Other
parents may be more
lenient and allow their children to spend an hour or so each day playing games.
I have observed and personally experienced
parents who are either too
lenient (kind) or too strict (firm), or
parents who fluctuate between the two.
Not to be confused with the less
lenient Authoritarian
parenting, most modern
parenting follows the authoritative
parenting style, drawing ideas from both authoritarian and permissive styles creating a more balanced approach.
While one
parent may view the other as strict, the next
parent is criticizing another for being too
lenient.
Often,
parents will be either too harsh or too
lenient, because nothing appropriate comes to mind immediately.
This issue of different
parenting styles (one parent is too strict, one is too lenient) comes up in every Parenting Bootcamp
parenting styles (one
parent is too strict, one is too
lenient) comes up in every
Parenting Bootcamp
Parenting Bootcamp I teach.
It's better to go along with each others» idiosyncratic approaches that you may not agree with (that's too
lenient, that's too harsh) than destroying a family with a relationship breakdown of the
parents.
And although she insists that her recently published book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin Press, Jan. 2011), is not meant to be taken as
parenting advice, its message is widely being read as suggesting that the «Chinese» mothering style is superior to the more
lenient «Western» way.
In addition, even if sole physical custody is awarded, there has a been a push to allowing more
lenient visitation rights for the
parent that does not live with the child.
The results indicate that when
parents were granted benefits during the appeal process because they drew a more
lenient judge, the probability of one of their adult children applying for disability insurance rose by 6 percentage points over the next five years, and 12 percentage points over the next decade.
Suggestive evidence for this comes from an analysis showing children whose
parents got a
lenient judge are not only more likely to apply for disability insurance but also are more inclined to report the same type of medical disorder.
According to another survey from MADD, teens whose
parents view underage drinking as totally unacceptable are 80 percent less likely to drink compared to their peers whose
parents are more
lenient about it.
Texas is way more
lenient than most when it comes to a
parents right to choose on how, or where they are schooled, including offering
parent taught drivers education options in Texas.
This is especially the case when one
parent is
lenient and the other is strict.
The democratic
parenting style fits the mutual benefit criteria and it advocates a
lenient approach towards the child.
However, even though the
parents who follow the permissive or
lenient approach of
parenting only have their child's best interest in mind, it can often lead to a negative behavior, in cases where the
parents fail to put in any proper disciplinary settings.
Vanderbilt said permissive
parenting is a style where the
parent tends to be
lenient.
In the absence of a right balance, your
parenting could become too
lenient or strict, neither of which is good for the child.
If you are a
parent who constantly follows the permissive, or
lenient or indulgent style of
parenting, you may see its effects on your child soon.
For example, one
parent's style is kind, loving and
lenient, while the other is strict, firm and takes a «tough love» approach.
In my earliest days of
parenting, an early childhood educator was my lifeline when I wasn't sure if I was being too strict or too
lenient.
In contrast,
parents who are insufficiently demanding are too
lenient; they exercise minimal control, provide little guidance, and often yield to their child's demands.
This type of co-parenting conflict can go both ways, with some
parents accusing their exes of being too
lenient, and others claiming their ex is too hard on the children.
Before 2003, Georgia was one of the more
lenient states when allowing a custodial
parent to move away or relocate with...
Before 2003, Georgia was one of the more
lenient states when allowing a custodial
parent to move away or relocate with her children post-divorce.
A natural
parenting reaction during and after a divorce is to become more
lenient with the kids and to spoil them a bit.
It has been demonstrated that depressed
parents tend either to be very
lenient with their children or very authoritarian, often switching between the two (Kochanska et al., 1997).