After rereading the Pages 383 to 392 in the textbook, I thought about how my parents stack up to the different parenting styles. I thought my parents would fall in the strictest group of authoritarian because my whole life it seemed they would not let me do what I wanted to do. I just remember the times they said nowhere they said yes a lot and I just was expecting them to say yes and was not as emotional about the decision. They still had a give and take perspective and set limits but let me figure out stuff on my own. This would most resemble authoritative because it shows they had rules and allowed for me to be independent. This was very interesting for me to understand what parenting style my parents used with me and which parenting style I will try to use when the time comes. So there was not a definite answer to who has the best parents but through reading about the four different styles of parenting: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful, I found authoritative parenting would be the best parenting style. This style is a mix between authoritarian (very strict, teaching rule following) and permissive (few rules, allowing for freedom and independence) parenting.
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The way parents decide to "parent" has a major effect on the children(s) that they are raising. Parenting style is a choice and it seems like it is dependent, almost always, on the way they were raised. So, I agree when saying that the way you were raised highly influences the way you will be raising. That goes to say that the parents that are doing the parenting are loving and careful as well as strict. However, there are situations when a parent may be neglectful and a child has two choices when it comes to children of their own: be a neglectful parent or better. Either or, this also implies that the way you were brought up has a major impact on the way you will be "bringing up".
This is very interesting! I knew some parents were more strict than others, but I didn't know there were four specific styles of parenting. My parents are both authoritative and they set strict boundaries, but they will cut me some slack at the same time. I always wonder how different growing up would be with authoritarian or permissive parents. Same with what you have said above, I think the way my parents treat me will reflect the way I treat my kids in the future.