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AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING 3
Effects of Authoritative Parenting
Effects on Pre-school and Teenage Children
Discussion
Introduction
This research paper will provide an overview of the research on authoritative parenting and the impact that it has on the development of pre-school and teenage children. It will present an overview of the authoritative parenting style and the characteristics of the authoritative parent and explain the behavioral traits that contribute to this style of parenting. This paper will offer an overview of the research findings on the subject with the focus being in the areas of social development, academic development, psychological development, and behavioral development. In closing it will offer a summary of the benefits of this style of parenting and the long term outcome on the development of young children and teenagers.
Background
During the early 1960’s a developmental psychologist named Diana Baumrind conducted research of pre-school aged children to determine how different styles of parenting effected the development of the children (Baumrind 1967). Baumrind’s research identified four styles of parenting. The research was focused on two specific behaviors present in the parents that could be isolated and defined. The two factors became the distinguishing behavioral characteristic that enabled Baumrind to establish the four types of parenting. The factors were “warmth” and “control”. It was by defining “warmth” and “control” that the four styles of parenting were apparent. The first parenting style was labeled Authoritarian Parenting which is defined as the parent that shows little warmth in the delivery of their control over their children and is very strict and acts in a dictatorship like manner when placing rules and
Effects of Authoritative Parenting
Effects on Pre-school and Teenage Children
Discussion
Introduction
This research paper will provide an overview of the research on authoritative parenting and the impact that it has on the development of pre-school and teenage children. It will present an overview of the authoritative parenting style and the characteristics of the authoritative parent and explain the behavioral traits that contribute to this style of parenting. This paper will offer an overview of the research findings on the subject with the focus being in the areas of social development, academic development, psychological development, and behavioral development. In closing it will offer a summary of the benefits of this style of parenting and the long term outcome on the development of young children and teenagers.
Background
During the early 1960’s a developmental psychologist named Diana Baumrind conducted research of pre-school aged children to determine how different styles of parenting effected the development of the children (Baumrind 1967). Baumrind’s research identified four styles of parenting. The research was focused on two specific behaviors present in the parents that could be isolated and defined. The two factors became the distinguishing behavioral characteristic that enabled Baumrind to establish the four types of parenting. The factors were “warmth” and “control”. It was by defining “warmth” and “control” that the four styles of parenting were apparent. The first parenting style was labeled Authoritarian Parenting which is defined as the parent that shows little warmth in the delivery of their control over their children and is very strict and acts in a dictatorship like manner when placing rules and