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Authoritarian Parenting Style

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Parenting styles vary on warmth or how responsive, loving and supportive parents are, or on control, or how much behavioral compliance parents demand from their children. The parenting style also effects the physical, cognitive and social/emotional development.
Authoritarian caregiving (Brick wall Parenting Style) these parents are very strict and controlling. They have a strong sense of justice and of the need for obedience. They are big believers in clearly stated rules. If their children don't behave as ordered, then they will be punished. Such parents take it as being challenged. Give-and-take with their children is discouraged. Thus, these parents are highly demanding but not very responsive. Children of authoritarian parents tend to be timid, have lower self-esteem, lack spontaneity, and rely to an unusual degree on the voice of authority. They are more detached, less warm than other parents. Yelling and corporal punishment is usually a part of this parenting style. Instead of teaching the value of self-control to children, an authoritarian parent focuses on the child's as authority. These parents do not reward positive behavior but give feedback through punishments for misbehavior. These parents don't give choices or options to children. Authoritarian parenting style is driven …show more content…

Permissive parents, while often warm and accepting, make few demands on their children, they are least demanding because they have low expectations on discipline and self-regulation from their children. They're lenient, avoid confrontation, and allow considerable self-regulation. They may worry about thwarting the child's creativity and sense of self. They're much more responsive than they are demanding. Sometimes the permissive parenting style is based on confusion, they tend to give their kids what they ask for and hope that they are loved for their accommodating

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