There are few concepts that we covered in class and out textbook that I will easily remember 5 years from now. One concept that really stood out to me was the different parenting types such as: permissive, authoritative and authoritarian. Each of these different parenting styles have specific qualities that will set children apart from others throughout their life. I believe that I will remember this concept the most in 5 years because it taught me how I want to raise my children (authoritative) so they are set up to succeed and deal with life's mishaps the best over the other permissive and authoritarian parenting styles. I also believe that I will remember this concept, because I was able to recognize how my parents raised me and how it still has an impact on my today in my life's adventures. In addition another reason why I feel I will remember the different parenting styles and the style that I want to use with my children in the future is, because it is so simple for me to recognize and place value on how to raise my future children; with now knowing the too "hard," "soft" and "just right" approach to parenting it is something that I can easily reflect back on and remember when I am scolding or showing my children affection. I will be able to easily remember and evaluate myself, because the concepts of each are easy to remember thanks to talking and reading about them in psych. 
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I have to agree with you when you say that Baumrind's three major parenting styles are one of the major things that you will remember five years down the road. I blogged about how I will remember relationship studies as well as behavioral psychology all together. At some point in my lifetime I want to have a family too. I think knowing the different characteristics of each type of parenting style is important because I want my children to be raised in the best way possible. As you said as well, it is interesting to think of how my parents raised me and how it impacted me. I think these types of thoughts will be crucial when having my own kids and raising them. Great post!
The parenting styles topic in psychology is a great take home message for college age students who may be starting families shortly after our days in college. I can apply this to how my parents raised me and how I turned out with how I hope to raise my future children. The authoritative style is how my parents brought me up and it is what I plan to use as well. Psychology has many aspects we can all take home and to apply to our future lives, which is why its an amazing subject and such and interesting class! For myself, I will take home how to think scientifically, the heuristics, and fallacies for evaluating and thinking like a psychologist.
I was very thankful that someone posted about this. Like I'm sure almost everyone else, I am guilty of saying, "I'm just going to let my kids do what they want" after being frustrated with my parents. However, I'm glad to see there is some scientific basis for my parents sometimes being strict. I hope to use this in the future, but keep in mind that there is no clear-cut line between permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian, so it's not as simple as choosing the right style.
I find Baumrind’s three major parenting styles one of the major things I will take with me in the future also. Psychology has a way of putting ideas into words which helps me to understand better. Before taking psych I never knew there were certain parenting styles people follow or that we take mental shortcuts causing us to fall prey to fallacies. I'm glad I took this course because I feel as if I understand the world more. This will help when I'm raising my children because I'm familiar with their thinking and development and can help them become a better person as well. I agree with your authoritative approach to parenting, compared to the other two it seems to be the most effective.