Parenting
Main Theorist of parenting styles is Diana Baumrind. She has provided us with three main parenting styles, which include:
-Authoritative
-Authoritarian
-Permissive
Although Baumrind is the main theorist of parenting, Maccoby and Martin also added the parenting style of neglect to the spectrum in 1983.
Main Theorist of parenting styles is Diana Baumrind. She has provided us with three main parenting styles, which include:
-Authoritative
-Authoritarian
-Permissive
Although Baumrind is the main theorist of parenting, Maccoby and Martin also added the parenting style of neglect to the spectrum in 1983.
Authoritative
Authoritative parenting is seen as the just right style of parenting. This type of parenting consists of high responsiveness and high demandingness. Authoritative style parenting promotes mutual respect and prompts kid to as questions about reasoning and logic. Children who are influenced by this parenting style have higher development in language, cognition, and morals and it as also seen that these children have higher self confidence.
Authoritarian
Authoritarian parenting style is considered a very harsh style. Parents who use this style show less responsiveness but have higher demands for their children. This is a more creates a more parent centered relationship and discourages children from asking questions about the parents reasoning. Children influenced by this parenting style are less likely to reach the higher stages of moral or cognitive development. Authoritarian style parenting does not always negatively affect the child. In lower income neighborhoods some children need more ridged structure to excel in life and learn to be self sufficient.
Permissive
Permissive parenting is a parenting style that is seen as not enough. These parents are involved but are not demanding enough of their children. These children usually can do what they please and also have a sense of high self confidence. The down fall of these children is that they typically have trouble following the rules and will act out. This type of parenting usually results from divorced parents and the end result is spoiling their children to compensate for the divorce.
Neglectful
Neglectful parenting is seen as the uninvolved or indifferent parent. These types of parents show low responsiveness and low demandingness toward their children. They do not provide guidance for their children and it results in the children not reaching their full potential. Usually these parents do not care what their children do and sometimes the parent is not even physically around. Unfortunately these children are prone to acting out in an attempt to get any type of attention that they can draw to themselves.
How has this impacted my own development?
While growing up my parents primarily implemented an authoritative parenting style. They always gave me all the love and support I could ever need, but have also always pushed me to be my best. There was a point in time when my parents divorced and my father took almost a permissive approach on parenting my brother and I. I am assuming that he felt some guilt and wanted to try and make it up to us. His way of making it up to us consisted of us getting whatever we wanted and letting us do what we wanted. Thankfully this stage did not last long before he returned to his original authoritative parenting style. I do not remember ever acting out in school or feeling the need to draw attention to myself. I have always felt secure in the relationship I have with my parents because I know that they have always given me good direction in life and if I ever veer off course they will be there to redirect me.
How will this impact me as an OT
As an occupational therapist it will be very important for me to understand parenting style how have people were raised.Understanding how people were or are parented will help me understand how they function and process information. It will also help me understand why they act they way they do in certain situations. Occupational therapy is a career where trust is involved between you and your patients, if I cannot understand patients reasoning and how they work it will be very difficult to help them through treatment.