Not exact matches
When kids do something wrong,
authoritative parents will discipline by
trying to guide and teach their kids, and modify what they expect from kids depending on the situation and a child's individual needs.
Here's what I learned after spending a week
trying my best to be an
authoritative parent.
Permissive
parenting can lead to a number of problems, so it pays to consciously
try to utilize a more
authoritative approach if you recognize these signs of permissiveness in your own
parenting.
Finally,
authoritative parents try to avoid the more extreme forms of punishment in rearing their children.
If we quickly return to Stephen Greenspan - who I think really hit the nail on the head by pointing out that Diana Baumrind's much celebrated
authoritative parenting style is too rigid and does nor account for a necessary contextual flexibility - I'd like to
try and further expand the four
parenting styles framework.
In the next quote by Diana Baumrind, you can clearly see how she oscillates backwards and forwards on the social and individual continuum
trying to weave in both perspectives in her
authoritative parenting definition:
This blog specifically
tried to clarify what my students often confuse - the difference between
authoritative and authoritarian
parenting.