Parenting style is the way how you raise your children. The smallest things that you follow to build your children play a significant role in the upbringing of your little ones. How you talk them, how much time you scold them, how do you do behave in front of them, how much attention you pay on your children’s daily life, and the list is endless. In short, how you handle your child is your Parenting Style.
Parents of different nature follow different Parenting Style to raise their children, and how children’s behaviors’ tell the world about the Parenting Style of their parents.
The Role of Parenting Style in Your Child Upbringing
Parenting style plays a very crucial role in your child’s upbringing. The motive of each parent behind their parenting is to help their child to make
- An Obedient Child
- A Responsible Child
- A Sensible Child
- A Child with Positive Attitude towards Life
- Who is successful and have the maturity as per age
- Who is confident and determinate throughout life
Different Parenting style also depends upon circumstances, nature of the child, places, and some other reasons too.
Let’s know about it.
Types of Parenting Style
As I mentioned above, there are different types of parenting style exists. Parents usually don’t pay attention to know what kind of parents they are; and is their way of parenting is going in the right direction or not?
(a) Authoritative Parenting
The authoritative type of parent is very caring and demanding. Their expectation of their child is high. They want to make their child excellent in every part of life, like in academics, sports, and extra curriculum activities.
Authoritative parents set rules and draw boundaries for their children. They are supportive, warm, and affectionate. Reliable parents love to encourage the independence of their child. Authoritative parents know how to mold as per circumstances for their child’s goodwill. This kind of parents are very responsive to their children. They teach their children social manners. They know very well what is excellent and what is not okay for their children.
Children of Authoritative Parents are:
- More Independent
- Having good self-esteem
- Very social and having the right social circle
- Happy and content
- Obedient
- Having a healthy mental health
- Less violence in nature
(b) Authoritarian Parenting
Authoritarian Parenting is precisely opposite to Authoritative Parenting. Authoritarian parents are more demanding and side by side, less responsive too. Strict Parents are generally not very much nurturing toward their children. They set high rules and boundaries for their children. They usually have a very firm attitude towards their children. They don’t like to listen no to their children. They want the best from their children at any cost. As a result, children of this type of parents become stubborn, and they don’t like to follow their parents.
Children of Authoritarian Parents are:
- Having Lower self-esteem
- Having behavioral issues
- Not Social
- Not good in academics
- Insecure
- Less Independent
- More prone to mental issues
(c) Permissive Parenting
Liberal or permissive Parents are very low demanding and very responsive towards their children. They don’t like to interrupt their children whatever they are doing. These parents are warm and caring. They don’t try to push for anything to their children. UN-restricted parents don’t like to enforce rules. They allow their children what they want to do. They believe in to give freedom to the children.
Children of Permissive Parents are:
- Don’t like to follow rules
- Very Casual in life
- Very egocentric
- Having problems in relationships and don’t want to indulge socially
(d) Neglectful Parenting
Neglectful parents are those who don’t care about their children. They are not aware of their children’s needs and completely uninvolved in their lives.
These types of parents tend to have some medical issues themselves, like depression, physical abuse, or having a neglected childhood.
Children of Neglectful Parents are:
- Impulsive
- Having Mental Issues
- Having addiction problems
- Unable to regulate self emotions
These are the different styles of parenting. Which type of parent are you?
Authoritative Parenting is the best among all parenting styles. I suggest to the parents that along with choosing the right parenting style, you have to nurture your children with some virtues that will help your child to make a better human being in life.
These virtues are:
- Kindness
- Sharing
- Self Respect
- Be happy and energetic to face all abundance in life courageously
Parenting is the toughest job in the world. To know the better way of parenting is more important for all. After all, parents are the first producer who plays a significant role in making the correct shape of their child’s future with their efforts.
It’s over to you which parenting style you prefer?
Happy Reading 🙂
