Five years from now, the concept I think I will remember the most is the different parenting styles. My parents were a huge influence on my life, even though their parenting style was more on the permissive side of the spectrum. In 5 years, I would love to be married and thinking of starting a family. Although I can't base my entire parenting methods on a short section from our psychology book, I think the 4 main parenting styles are good things to keep in mind when deciding to start a family. I was raised with more permissive parents than anything else, but reading the descriptions of each style, I think I will most likely be more along the lines of authoritative. Knowing that about myself will prepare me for my own children.
5 Years From Now
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I agree, it is good to look at how your parents raised you and decide if that was the best suite for you. I feel that my parents were also very permissive and I would like to pass that onto my children in the future. Nice post
I also think that we have a great advantage having been made aware of the different types of parenting styles and having had parents of our own. We are now able to come up with our own type of style of parenting that can either be strictly based on what our parents did, one of the four styles, or a mixture of some sort. Interesting post and nice picture haha.
I also think this was an interesting concept from our class. Before reading this section in our book I honestly never gave that much thought to parenting styles past the "cool" parents, strict parents, etc. For me, it was just one aspect of what parents have to go through and consider when raising children! Only the tip of the iceberg, I'm sure.
My parents were also permissive. The way that your parents raise you, makes you either want to be the same or the complete opposite. I, personally, am going to continue on with my parents' permissive style. It's a good thing to start thinking about it now, just to get an idea of how you want to be!