Essay on Parenting Styles and its Effects
Parents
and their parenting style play an important role in the development of their
child. In fact, many child experts suggest that parenting style can affect a
child’s social, cognitive, and psychological development which influence not
just their childhood years, but it will also extend throughout their adult
life. This is because a child’s development takes place through a number of
stimuli, interaction, and exchanges that surround him or her. And since parents
are generally a fixed presence in a child’s life, they will likely have a
significant part on the child’s positive or negative development (Gur 25).
There
are four main types of parenting style. This includes (1) authoritative, (2)
authoritarian, (3) indulgent, and (4) neglectful parenting. Authoritative
parenting is a type of parenting style which is both demanding and responsive.
It is often referred to as assertive democratic primarily because the parents
encourage their child to be independent, but at the same time, they tend to
place limits as well as control their actions. Similarly, authoritative parents
understand their child’s emotions however they also teach the child how to
control and to regulate these feelings. Another important characteristic of
this style is that parents tend to demand maturity and also set limits.
Punishments in this style are common although it is typically not violent or
arbitrary. One of the advantages of this parenting style is that children tend
to respond accordingly and properly to their parents because their limits and
just are reasonable and just (Suheyla 1).
The
next time of parenting is authoritarian parenting. It is often referred to as
totalitarian or strict parenting as the style is both demanding and
unresponsive. One of the main characteristics of this style is that the parents
have high expectation of the child to comply and conform to every rules and
regulations. This type of parenting also allows very little, if not none, open
communication between the child and the parent. Authoritarian parents simply
require the child to follow their orders without explaining the reason for the
set boundaries and rules. Scholars suggest that parents who employ this style
are often unresponsive to the emotional needs of the child. As such, a child raised
by an authoritarian parent tends to display low social competence as the parent
hinders the child to choose for his or herself. Some children may even develop
a number of insecurity and low self-esteem (Suheyla 1).
Indulgent
parenting is a style which is responsive and undemanding. This means that the
parent is often lenient and permissive as they have very few behavioural
expectations. An indulgent parent is also involved with the child, but creates
or sets very few demand and limit. Children raised in this type of parenting
are often seen as “spoiled brats”. This is because they were not taught how to
control nor regulate their emotions. Instead, they are given everything they
want. Consequently, these children often display misconduct and at times
delinquency (Loop 1).
The
last type of parenting is referred to a neglectful parenting. Unlike the first
three, neglectful parenting is neither responsive nor demanding. Rather,
parents are detached and uninvolved in their children. Neglectful parents tend
to be dismissive and unresponsive to the child’s emotional needs. Children with
a neglectful upbringing are often independent and mature. However, they also
display emotional withdraw and aloofness towards other people. Similarly, these
children are not expressive of their feelings and emotion. Some teenagers also
show patter of delinquency and misbehaviour (Suheyla 1).
Works Cited
Gur, Cagla. Developing Parenting Styles. NY:
Trafford Publishing, 2011
Loop, Erica. The Impact of parenting styles on
children. Everyday life. Retrieved 11 July 2013,
from http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/impact-parenting-styles-childrens-development-
2214.html
Sarac, Suheyla. Parenting Styles. The Fountain.
Retrieved 11 July 2013, from
http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/Parenting-Styles-How-They-Affect-
Children
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