Over the past few decades, numerous literatures had documented that the family is a crucial factor to determine adolescent’s future, especially the parenting style. It is difficult to determine how strict parents should be with their children. There are different types of parenting style, such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and indifferent. The authoritarian parenting style has been common and ‘tiger mom’ is very popular in Hong Kong and other Asian countries. In this paper, I will introduce the phenomenon, analyze the negative effects, and share my view on authoritative and authoritarian parenting style.
According to Chao (1994), “Chinese parenting has often been described as controlling or authoritarian.” In Hong Kong, many parents want their children to "win at the starting line" in this competitive environment. The so-called "monster parents" adopt authoritarian parenting style. Their children need to have good …show more content…
Adolescents may gradually lose interests in doing things, exploring and making friends because they have not much confidence. Also, parent-youth conflict is more intense and frequent between adolescents who perceived their parents as relatively less warm and more controlling. Some rebellious behaviors reflect the wants of independence which means adolescents would like to be mature and unique.
Authoritative parenting style is similar to authoritarian parenting, since they are giving the guideline and direction to children too, but authoritative parenting is warmer, reasonable, and flexible, as stated by Kordi and Baharudin (2010). Change the parenting style to authoritative can enhance the adolescents’ development. This parenting style has been identified to be linked with the most positive outcomes. Parents using authoritative style should be warm and supportive to their child, helping him/her to build up a high self-esteem with a highly well controlled
According to Chao (1994), “Chinese parenting has often been described as controlling or authoritarian.” In Hong Kong, many parents want their children to "win at the starting line" in this competitive environment. The so-called "monster parents" adopt authoritarian parenting style. Their children need to have good …show more content…
Adolescents may gradually lose interests in doing things, exploring and making friends because they have not much confidence. Also, parent-youth conflict is more intense and frequent between adolescents who perceived their parents as relatively less warm and more controlling. Some rebellious behaviors reflect the wants of independence which means adolescents would like to be mature and unique.
Authoritative parenting style is similar to authoritarian parenting, since they are giving the guideline and direction to children too, but authoritative parenting is warmer, reasonable, and flexible, as stated by Kordi and Baharudin (2010). Change the parenting style to authoritative can enhance the adolescents’ development. This parenting style has been identified to be linked with the most positive outcomes. Parents using authoritative style should be warm and supportive to their child, helping him/her to build up a high self-esteem with a highly well controlled