Parenting a child is never easy, particularly if the youngster can be demanding or likely to have a tantrum now and then. The behavior of a child, however, would significantly rely on the way the youth was raised or the parenting style used.
Parents frequently incorporate a various style of parenting, according to a post in Huffington Post. However, some parents would choose connected parenting. Though it is a difficult approach, many parents believe that this parenting style has a good effect on the relationship between children and parents. Connected parenting is all about relating with the youngster and viewing kinds of stuff from their perspective for parents to understand and decipher them well.
Laura Berk, a Psychology professor at Illinois State University, enumerates four kinds of parental behavior when raising and disciplining kids. These parenting styles are authoritarian, authoritative, uninvolved and indulgent. All these four parenting styles have various means to teach children.
Authoritarian parenting style is a type of parental control that is controlling and very strict. A strict parent places emphasis on obeying rules and regulations. Studies in the past suggest that kids raised in this parenting style tend to do less fine in schools, have lesser self-esteem and suffer from anxiety and depression.
Authoritative parenting involves keeping close eyes on kids, providing children with ample of support, set clear limitations and give considerable freedom in those constraints. This parenting style offers kids a broad array of benefits like good social skills, more success in school and a good understanding of other individuals.
In contrast, uninvolved parenting is permissive and don't have any rules or boundaries as uninvolved parents don't have an interest in the lives of their kids. Children raised by this parenting style tend to show deficits in attachment, social skills, emotional skills, and cognition.
Lastly, indulgent parenting style involves responding to the wishes of the children, even if those are inappropriate and unreasonable wishes. This parenting results in kids who rank very low in self-regulation and happiness.
There is nothing wrong with having different parenting styles according to Barbara Frazier, a licensed social worker from Gainesville, Florida, provided that the parenting styles are not very far apart. "Having differing parenting styles can be a good thing," WebMD quoted Frazier as saying. She added that "as long as styles aren't too far apart. This gives children a wider view of grown-up values and a chance to have a special relationship with each parent. As long as parents come together as a united front, it's healthy."
