The 5 Parenting Styles
Authoritative Parenting
High Response x High Demandingness
This type of parenting is typically the preferred parenting style. The parents set high standards and provide support for their child. The parents uses verbal reasoning and focuses on mutual respect when bringing their child up.
What are the effects of this type of parenting?
Children growing up with this parenting style tend to be well self-regulated and prone to have self-confidence when preforming tasks.These children also tend to be more resilient to psychological and behavioral problems.
Non Consistent Parenting
The final style of parenting is the non-consistent parenting style. These parents are completely absent from their child's life. These children are usually raised by others or to raise themselves.
What are the effects of this type of parenting?
The children raised in this environment usually lack skills necessary to become a productive and stable member of society. This type of parenting has been linked to lower academic performance. These children are more likely to grow up to be substance addicts and or criminals. This would be due to the children not growing up and learning emotions such as guilt or remorse or empathy. Research also finds links between this type of parenting to sexual abuse.
Connections to My Story
As a child, I grew up without a Dad for the first part of my life. He did not want to make the effort and that is where Non Consistent parenting came into my life. He was in and out but never really there.
Authoritative parenting came into my life when my step dad came into my life. He raised me as his own and he was my dad and still is to this day. He would provide me with support and help me know right from wrong. He helped me achieve my goals and dreams in my life.
This is a picture of my Dad and I when I went to my 10th grade homecoming.
Application To My Future Career
As a teacher, it is important to look for signs. When I become an educator I will keep an eye out. Knowing the signs I can intervene and possibly save a child from abuse or neglect.
As a teacher it is important to know the signs and keep an eye out and be an advocate for students if needed.