Question

Answer must be in essay form and length. What are the three parenting styles proposed by developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind? What does each style do? What are the impacts of each style on the children?

Answer 1

Diana Baumrid has been proposed three initial parenting styles-

• Authoritative parenting
• Authoritarian parenting
• Permissive parenting

• Authoritative parenting/ Democratic parenting- (High demandingness, High responsiveness)- It has been identified that authoritative parents have high expectations for achievement and maturity, but they are warm and responsive for their children. this kind of parents set some rules and regulations for their children and get discuss openly about it and they also provide the logics behind the rules. It has been observed that clidren of this type of parents are usually, appear happy and content, they are more independent, they also acieve higher academic success, they have good self esteem, and they also interact with peers using competent social skills, they have bettter mental health, they are less violent.
• Authoritarian parenting (High demandingness and low responsiveness)- This type of parents are always try to control over their children. they make pressure on them, but don't support them. the children of this type of parents are seems to be like unhappy, more dependent, insecure, less self esteem, worse academic performance, poor social skill, and they are more prone to mental problems.
• Permissive parenting (Low demandingness and high responsiveness)- This kind of parents set very few rules and regulation for their children. they are warm and they don't like to refuse the demands of their children. they don't show any expectation from their children. the children of this kind of parents are usually don't follow rules, they have less self control, they show egocentric tendency, they feel discomfort while making social interaction.