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Parenting Styles

Parenting Styles

When I was at the age where my parents were trying to teach me right from wrong, my parents laid down the law with a firm hand. They made sure I knew what they expected from me, and what was exceptable behavior and what was not. I can remember crystal clear how I felt when I got in trouble and had to go wait in my room for my father to come talk to me. He would come in and talk to me about why what I did was wrong and if I messed up pretty bad then I would receive a spanking. At the time I thought that was the worst thing a parent could do to their child. I also never understood when my dad would say, “This is going to hurt me a lot worse than it is going to hurt you”. Now that I am older I realize those spanking I feared so much where very important in deterring me from continuing the bad behavior. Hopefully one day I will have children of my own. I see myself raising my children very similarly to the way I was raised. I will be strict early on so that they learn first off what is going to be expected of them. I will try to as supportive as possible of their interests. When I was young my dad encouraged me to try different sports and was always supportive of my efforts. I think this is important in developing a child’s self confidence. I will plan to use physical punishment as a parent. I think it worked effectively with my brothers and I, and will work with my children as well. The only negatives I can see from physical punishment is that some parents take it to far. There is a definite line between punishment and child abuse that unfortunately some parents cross. This can have detrimental effects on a child’s life. With proper use though I believe that physical punishment can be an effective means of punishment and behavior correction.

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