Your One-Stop Guide to the Four Kinds of Parenting Styles!
Have you ever wondered what kind of a parent are you? Let's find out!
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Your One-Stop Guide to the Four Kinds of Parenting Styles!
Nandita Kochar
We all have wondered how different child-rearing practices affect children’s development, including Diana Baumrind, an American clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles. After studying how parents interacted with their preschool children, she identified two key dimensions of parental behaviour:
- Warmth versus Hostility
- Restrictiveness versus Permissiveness
Combining these dimensions yields four kinds of parenting styles that result in different kinds of child development:
- Authoritative Parents (Warmth + Restrictiveness)
This style has been identified with the most positive outcomes. Children who have such parents have higher self-esteem, are higher achievers in school and have fewer behavioural problems.
- Authoritarian Parents (Hostility + Restrictiveness)
Children of such parents tend to have lower self-esteem, be less popular with peers and perform more poorly in school as compared to children with authoritative parents.
- Indulgent Parents (Warmth + Permissiveness)
Children of such parents tend to be more immature and self-indulgent.
- Neglectful Parents (Hostile + Permissiveness)
The children are most likely to be insecurely attached, to have low achievement motivation and have disturbed social relationships. They are also likely to be more impulsive and aggressive.
So which of these parental style did you grow up with and which one do you follow or intend to follow? And why? Let us know in the comment section! We’re excited to hear!
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