Impact Of Parenting Styles
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Running Head: IMPACT OF PARENTING STYLES
Impact of Parenting Styles on Childhood Development
Liberty University
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Abstract
The topic of this paper is the impact of parenting styles on our behavior and development. Our own parenting style will be discussed based upon experience and preferences. Also, an exploration of how parenting styles might be a focus of attention in the mental health setting will be included.
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Impact of Parenting Styles on Childhood Development
There are many ideas about how to rear children. Some parents adopt the ideas their own parents used. Others get advice from friends. Some read books about parenting. Others take classes offered in the community. No one has all the answers. However, psychologists and other social scientists now know what parenting practices are most effective and are more likely to lead to positive outcomes for children.
Ideas about child rearing can be grouped into three styles. These are different ways of deciding who is responsible for what in a family. The three styles are Authoritarian, Permissive, and Authoritative.
Authoritarian parents always try to be in control and exert their control on the children. These parents set strict rules to try to keep order, and they usually do this without much expression of warmth and affection. They attempt to set strict standards of conduct and are usually very critical of children for not meeting those standards. They tell children what to do, they try to make them obey and they usually do not provide children with choices or options.
Authoritarian parents don't explain why they want their children to do things. If a child questions a rule or command, the parent might answer, "Because I said so." Parents tend to focus on bad behavior, rather than positive behavior, and children are scolded or punished, often harshly, for not following the rules....
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