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.