To
understand authoritative parenting, one must understand why this style is used to begin with.
Not exact matches
How to recognize
Authoritative Parenting: — Do you have structure and rules in the house are
understood?
Rather than simply following the rules because they fear punishment (as they might with authoritarian
parents), the children of
authoritative parents are able to see why the rules exist,
understand that they are fair and acceptable, and strive to follow these rules to meet their own internalized sense of what is right and wrong.
If you wish to
understand more about this
parenting style than what you're reading on this
parenting style quiz page, you can get deep insights in this
authoritative parenting article or academic viewpoints in article on the
authoritative parenting style
It means that if you are an
authoritative parent, you demand your children to follow certain rules but at the same time, you are responsive enough to
understand their problems with that set of rules.
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.
(As it may be
understood in my
parenting styles model) Most people might say that the
authoritative parenting style should be in the middle of social vs. individual continuum.