Do you ever think about your approach to parenting? The pros and cons of your parenting? Understanding why you parent the way you do, and how it affects your children is a great first step at becoming the best parent you can be.
There are four types of parenting styles:
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative
- Permissive
- Uninvolved
Authoritarian
An Authoritarian parenting style includes parents who expect their orders to be obeyed without question and who rely on punishment to control their kids. These parents offer little emotional support and only rely on structure for their kids. Overall, parents with this parenting style have expectations and will be stern in enforcing these rules and guidelines with little-to-no sensitivity.
Pros: Your child will listen to you and do what you expect of them
Cons: Your child will feel like their feelings don’t matter and feel little-to-no emotional support
Authoritative
Being an authoritative parent means you offer your child warmth, sensitivity, and the setting of limits. You also use positive reinforcement, reasoning to guide your children, and you avoid resorting to threats or punishments. You enforce rules, but you don’t threaten or demand your kid to do them. Overall, you’re a caring parent that also sets structure for your kids.
Pros: Your child will feel loved as well as listen to your requests and structure
Cons: As your child grows up, they will go through normal phases of rebellion and anger. These phases may be slightly tricky for authoritative parents who have a structure set in place.
Permissive
Being a permissive parent means you offer emotional support and show you care, however, you’re reluctant to enforce rules. You’re not demanding and don’t give your kids too many responsibilities.
Pros: Your child will feel self-assured and can explore their creativity freely.
Cons: Your child may rebel since they are permitted to “rule themselves” and are more prone to anxiety and depression
Uninvolved
Being an uninvolved parent means you provide your children with food and shelter, but that’s about it. There is no structure, no emotional support, or anything else really. In simple terms, this parent is what the name is, uninvolved.
Pros: Kids most likely enjoy having no set rules or expectations for their behavior
Cons: Children learn that depending on people they care about is unrewarding, and uninvolved parenting can cause low self-esteem with other emotional issues.
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