Authoritarian Parenting Research Paper

Parents often use religion as a form of support when religiously coping and for other forms of guidance. Some research suggests that some parent often use some religious forms of coping for stresses such as having a special needs child or has chronic illness (Bridges). Some religious communities offer services such as reviewing a situation or conflict such as viewing disabled children as a gift from God and that those children were put on this earth for a purpose and isn't too much to handle at once and majority or time those parents attend church services and other services on behalf of their children (Bridges). In Genesis 33:5 it mentions to some extent that children are a blessed gift from God (“Children”). Which indicates that children are a gift not a burden. This research provides that children are never a burden and every child has a …show more content…
Studies show that the authoritarian parent has negative effects on several aspects of a child (Bridges). This research provides that religion can offer some helpful advice and in some cases the wrong advice on parenting styles. However, in other studies it showed that the negative effects only seemed to occur in white middle class people and some may not effect across other characteristics such as, race, age, sex, and socioeconomic groups. Conservative and fundamentalist Protestant groups promote an authoritarian parenting style which includes a strong focus on the how well a child obeys and also, frequently encourages spanking also known as corporal punishment. In another study a researcher Gershoff, Miller and Holden found that parents who were Adventist, Baptist, and Pentecostal protestant group were more likely to spank a three year old child than Methodist and Episcopal protestant groups, Roman Catholics, and also those with no religion