PARENTING By: Alexander Parata
Jan 01, 2016
PARENTINGBy: Alexander Parata
WHAT IS PARENTING
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
“parental involvement plays an important role in the development of both social and cognitive competence”-Parke & Buriel, 2006, p.437
MODELS OF PARENTING BY: DIANA BAUMRIND
Baumrind’s ExperimentDiana Baumrind in the early 1960’s, conducted a study on more than 100 preschool-age children in California, in order to conclude the effects of various parenting styles on childhood development. At the conclusion of the study Baurmind indicates that parents differ on four important dimensions which are: Expressions of warmth Disciplinary strategies Communication Expectations of maturity
Thus, based on these four dimensions that Baumrind introduces, four styles of parenting are presented.
AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING
Style Warmth Discipline Expectations of Maturity
Communication
Authoritarian Low Strict, often physical
High Parent to Child: high
Child to Parent: low
Characteristics
PERMISSIVE PARENTING
Style Warmth Discipline Expectations of Maturity
Communication
Permissive High Rare Low Parent to Child: low
Child to Parent: high
Characteristics
AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING
Style Warmth Discipline Expectations of Maturity
Communication
Authoritative High Moderate, with much discussion
Moderate Parent to Child: high
Child to Parent: high
Characteristics
NEGLECTFUL PARENTING
Style Warmth Discipline Expectations of Maturity
Communication
Neglectful Indifferent None None Rare to none
Characteristics
CONCLUSION
In all, parenting is different based on the culture, values, morals, beliefs, and ethnicity of the parent. There is no right or wrong way in parenting but there are suggestions as how to go around it, really it’s different for everyone and whatever works for each family goes.
TEST QUESTION
Q: What style of Parenting is often misleading for permissive parenting?
Neglectful Parenting
WORKS CITED
Berger, Kathleen. Invitation to the Lifespan. New York: Worth Publishers, 2010. Print.
Cherry, Kendra. “Parenting Styles.” About.com. NYT Co, 2011. Web. July 14 2011.
“Parenting.” Dictionary.com. DictionaryLLC, 2011. Web. July 14 2011.
Parke & Buriel. Parenting p.437, 2006. Print.