People
with authoritative parenting styles want their children to utilize reasoning and work independently, but their expectations are also high.
For now, with the current 4 established parenting styles, Attachment Parenting most closely identifies
with the Authoritative parenting style, particularly regarding child outcomes.
Like authoritarian parents,
those with an authoritative parenting style establish rules and guidelines that their children are expected to follow.
Not exact matches
Out of all the
parenting styles, children who are raised
with an
authoritative style of
parenting have been shown to exhibit the best outcomes.
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Authoritative parenting - a
style that balances warmth and communication
with appropriate control and supervision - can help teen friends cut drinking, smoking, and drug use.
Inductive discipline is one of the key components of
authoritative parenting, a
style of child - rearing associated
with the best - behaved kids.
For more insight into research to do
with the democratic
parenting style, visit our more indepth article on Authoritative or Democratic P
parenting style, visit our more indepth article on
Authoritative or Democratic
ParentingParenting.
For every region of the globe, they found that the
authoritative parenting style was associated
with at least one positive child outcome (Pinquart and Kauser 2017).
From Argentina to China, from the United States to Pakistan, the
authoritative parenting style is consistently associated
with superior outcomes (Steinberg 2001).
While other
parenting styles may be effective in altering your child's behavior in the short term, they are not associated
with the long - term benefits of
authoritative parenting.
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.
If you notice that your own
parenting style tends to be more authoritarian, consider looking for ways that you can begin incorporating a more
authoritative style into your daily interactions
with your children.
The self - confidence and self - esteem of children
with authoritative parents is much higher than that of children who are brought up
with other
parenting styles.
To understand
authoritative parenting, one must understand why this
style is used to begin
with.
Parenting styles are associated
with different child outcomes and the
authoritative style is generally linked to positive behaviors such as strong self - esteem and self - competence.
In the end, then, Kim finds that Chinese immigrant moms and dads are not that different from American
parents with European ancestry: three of Kim's types correspond to the
parenting styles in the prior literature derived from studies of whites (supportive /
authoritative, easygoing / permissive, harsh / authoritarian).
In many cases, the expected child outcomes do not materialize;
parents with authoritative styles will have children who are defiant or who engage in delinquent behavior, while
parents with permissive
styles will have children who are self - confident and academically successful.
During the 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrind described three different
parenting styles based on her research
with preschool - age children: authoritarian,
authoritative, and permissive
parenting.
It fits in well
with a lot of peaceful,
authoritative parenting styles, because RIE is about letting kids grow up whole, healthy, and well - adjusted by treating them
with patience, empathy, and respect, rather than using shame, misdirection, manipulation, threats, coercion, or force to shape their behavior.
Her ideal is an «
authoritative»
parenting style, one that «balances warmth
with strictness, direction
with freedom,» and seeks to put opportunities for independence into our children's lives.
• In this article on the
authoritative parenting style I will present you
with some academic criticism of Diana Baumrind's celebration of high control in
parenting.
I will now present you
with 3 academic voices questioning Diana Baumrind's
authoritative parenting style.
Compared
with the reference
authoritative style, children of fathers
with permissive and disengaged
parenting styles had higher odds of being in a higher BMI category.
Baumrind came up
with three
parenting styles:
Authoritative, Permissive, and Authoritarian.
Parenting is linked to ethnicity and culture, as one research in the US has found that authoritative parenting style is mostly followed by the white families while authoritarian is common with ethnic minority families such as African American, Asian American, and Hispanic Amer
Parenting is linked to ethnicity and culture, as one research in the US has found that
authoritative parenting style is mostly followed by the white families while authoritarian is common with ethnic minority families such as African American, Asian American, and Hispanic Amer
parenting style is mostly followed by the white families while authoritarian is common
with ethnic minority families such as African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American (1).
Buamrind asserts that in today's climate of social instability,
with both
parents working, a high divorce rate and easily assessable illicit drugs, adolescents function best when
parents use an
authoritative parenting style that is more demanding, yet sensitive to their child's need for autonomy.
Three contrasting
parenting styles were identified by Baumrind: authoritarian, permissive, and
authoritative, each of which has implications for the child's social competence
with peers and adults.
People are already familiar
with the various
parenting styles, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of hyper -
parenting, permissive,
authoritative, free - range, helicopter and submarine
parenting methods.
The
authoritative parenting style is generally associated
with healthy behaviors such as self - esteem and self - competence.
Helicopter
parenting is similar to
authoritative style except that there is over-involvement of the
parent in the child's life; free - range
parenting is similar to neglectful
parenting but
with an intention of allowing independence to the child to encourage healthy development.
The basic finding is of considerable consistency across the transition in terms of mothers», fathers», and children's characteristics; both mothers» and fathers»
authoritative parenting style during the preschool period explains significant variance in children's academic achievement and externalizing or internalizing behaviour
with peers two and three years later.
Parents who use the
authoritative style maintain their control in the home, but still manage to have a warm and close relationship
with their children.
The
authoritative parenting style has been largely touted as one of the most effective,
with its balance of responsive and demanding behaviors.
Furthermore, the review indicates that
authoritative parenting styles are often associated
with higher levels of student achievement, although these findings are not consistent across culture, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
A highly nurturant but moderately controlling «
authoritative»
parenting style is associated
with the highest levels of social competence.
The article concludes
with the observation that the
authoritative parenting style is the perfect balance and the best approach for both the
parents and children.
While other
parenting styles may be effective in altering your child's behavior in the short term, they are not associated
with the long - term benefits of
authoritative parenting.
According to Diana Baumrind's studies, and many
parenting studies made since then,
authoritative parenting is the
parenting style that has been most consistent terms of being associated
with positive outcomes for children: high level of self esteem, good academic performance, well - developed social skills, good emotional control etc..
Her study ended
with what became the all time famous theory on the 3
parenting styles: the authoritarian (the behaviorist approach), permissive (Freudian) and the
authoritative.
When
parents are very emotionally warm, available, and affectionate and balance these qualities
with consistently high expectations and a firm but fair disciplinary
style, they create an emotional context or climate in which children thrive — this is known as
authoritative or democratic
parenting.
• Be presented
with a visual model containing the main characteristics of the
authoritative style of
parenting.
Relations between shyness and certain indices of maladjustment were stronger among children
with mothers characterized by higher neuroticism, BIS sensitivity, and an overprotective
parenting style, and weaker for mothers characterized by high agreeableness and an
authoritative parenting style.
Second, extensive literature on
parenting styles suggests that the
style most predictive of good child outcomes is the
authoritative style, which couples high warmth
with boundary - setting and enforcement of rules (Steinberg et al., 1992; Darling and Steinberg, 1993).
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.
The authors do a nice job in providing an overview of the different
parenting styles and they are in line
with what I suggest in my article regarding the most effective ways to say no (as an
authoritative versus authoritarian
parent):
One theorist came up
with eight different
styles of
parenting, and of those, there are three that are most common in today's modern -
parenting:
authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive.
Only a few studies, including two of our own, assess families during the preschool period and again after the child has entered elementary school.8, 12,13 The basic finding is of considerable consistency across the transition in terms of mothers», fathers», and children's characteristics; both mothers» and fathers»
authoritative parenting style during the preschool period explains significant variance in children's academic achievement and externalizing or internalizing behaviour
with peers two and three years later.
The Chinese version of Family Harmony Scale - 5 (FHS - 5) will be used to measure family harmony (Cronbach's alpha: 0.92).56 Parental risk of physically abusing and neglecting children as well as their
parenting style will also be assessed with the Child Physical Assault and Neglect Subscale of the Parent Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.77 — 0.88) 57 and the Authoritative Parenting Style Subscale of the Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 resp
parenting style will also be assessed with the Child Physical Assault and Neglect Subscale of the Parent Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.77 — 0.88) 57 and the Authoritative Parenting Style Subscale of the Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 respecti
style will also be assessed
with the Child Physical Assault and Neglect Subscale of the
Parent Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.77 — 0.88) 57 and the
Authoritative Parenting Style Subscale of the Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 resp
Parenting Style Subscale of the Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 respecti
Style Subscale of the
Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 resp
Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 respecti
Style and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ)(Cronbach's alpha: 0.71 — 0.97), 58 59 respectively.
While an
authoritative parenting style (balanced levels of control and permissiveness) is normative and associated
with positive child outcomes in white middle - class families, this positive association does not prevail in all cultural and socio - economic backgrounds.
One - tailed Pearson correlation test was used to examine the association of
parenting style (
authoritative, authoritarian, permissive) and
parents» sense of helplessness
with the children's adherence to treatment and HbA1c level.