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Baumrinds ParentingStyles

Powerpoint by

Anna Jones and Jamie Rogers

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Introduction to Parenting Styles

During the 1960s psychologist Diana Baumrind identied!our important dimensions o! parenting a!ter conducting astudy on o"er 100 pre#school children using parentalinter"iews and naturalistic obser"ations$

These four aspects that led to her classications of

parenting styles are% Disciplinary strategies Warmth and Nurturance Communication Styles Expectations of Maturity and Control

Based on these dimensions& Baumrind decided that parentsshow one o! the !our types o! parenting styles with theirchildren%

# Authoritarian !ndulgent Authoritati"e Neglectful

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Authoritarian Parenting

'tyle% Restricti"e&controlling&demanding

Punishment% (re)uentspan*ing& showsanger

+ommunication%

,ittle "erbal e-change orsayings such as& .you do

it my way or else/$n!orces rules but doesnot e-plain them$

Result% +hildren o!Authoritarian parents areo!ten an-ious& unhappy

and !ear!ul$ hey do notinitiate in acti"ities withothers and ha"e wea*

communication s*ills$

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Examples ofAuthoritarian Parenting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeaG_!"#e$%&eature=related

Authoritarian parents are unreasonable in their demandsand utili2e harsh punishments !or wrong doings that couldbe corrected through e-amples or positi"e rein!orcement$

+lic* on the lin* to watch a short s*it3

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Authoritati"eParenting

'tyle%ncouraging&warm& nurturing&

constructi"e

Punishment%e-plainsconse)uences

and reasoningbehind them$

+ommunication%gi"e#and#ta*e&

positi"e!eedbac*&praise& open#ended

Results% children o!authoritati"e parents

are o!ten cheer!ul andoutgoing& achie"ementoriented and stri"e tomeet their goals$ heycope well with stressand ha"e goodrelationships with

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Examples ofAuthoritati"e Parenting

"Authoritati"e parents use e)ualityto e-plain their demands andthe reasons behind them$#hey get .on their le"el/ to spea* to

their children about !ollowing rules$#hey use positi"e rein!orcementand praise o!ten$

# +hildren who are raise byauthoritati"eparents are more willing to go tothem!or help and com!orting$#hey !eel a better sense o! trustand belonging$#hese children are cooperati"eand

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4eglect!ul Parenting

'tyle% 5nin"ol"ed Punishment% (ewcases o! punishmentdue to un#in"ol"ement

+ommunication%

,ittle communicationwhich leads to the childs

sense that parents otheraspects or li!e are muchmore important$

Result% +hildren o!Authoritarian parents areo!ten sociallyincompetent& lac* o! sel!#control& low sel!#esteem&immature& and are notsuccess!ul withindependence

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Examples ofNeglectfulParenting

A neglect!ul parent alwaysputs hisher needs andwants as rst priority$5sually e-periencing

nancial& emotional andsocial stress& neglect!ulparents are unable toencourage& teach or enabletheir children$

7n"ol"ement inaddicti"e beha"iors andlac* o! support or!riendship cano!tentimes lea"e

children o! neglect!ul

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7ndulgentPermissi"e Parenting

'tyle% 8ighly in"ol"edwith children butplace !ew demands orcontrols on them

Punishment% Allowchildren to do as theyplease

+ommunication%Parents belie"e thiswill !oster a creati"e&condent child$"erindulge "erballyand materialistically

Result% hese childrenwill rarely learnrespect !or othersand ha"e di:cultycontrolling theirbeha"ior$ ;ight bedomineering&

egocentric& and non#compliant

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Indulgent Parenting 'ontinued(

Responsi"e but undemanding

!tentimes create children whoare demanding and selshrather than lo"ing and

supporti"e+hildren typically possess good

sel!#esteem and e-cellent socials*ills but can be less moti"atedin school because they are not

held accountable !or their ownbeha"ior

+hildren are o!ten impulsi"e&aggressi"e and lac*independence

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)aumrind*s Parenting Styles

Accepting, Responsive Rejecting,Unresponsive

+emanding, 'ontrolling -uthoritative -uthoritarian

$ndemanding, $n"controlling

Indulgent eglect&ul

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Punishment

he most success!ul way to increase adesired beha"ior is to use positi"e rein!orcement$

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+o#parenting

'upport gi"en byeach parent whenraising a child

Poor co#parenting

can place children atris*

Research shows co#parenting as more

benecial than eithermaternal or paternalparenting in terms o!de"elopment

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