Parenting, Authoritarian, Unconcerned, Permissive And Authoritative

There are four approaches to parenting, Authoritarian, Unconcerned, Permissive and Authoritative. (Shaffer & Kipp 2014). Authoritarian or dictatorial is when parents are strict to their children. They impose rules on their children and force them to abide by the rules. If the child does not comply with the rules, the parent will discipline them or withdraw their affection. This makes the child afraid to talk to their parents, some studies also show that the kids are more likely to abuse drugs (Ritter, 2005). Secondly, Uninvolved or unconcerned parenting is described as parents who abandon their children. These parents don’t care about their children; they are either busy or so involved with their lives that they forget that they have children to take care of. Children with an uninvolved parent do whatever they want because they don’t have any rules or anyone to teach the difference between good and bad. Children with unconcerned parents are more likely to depressed since they feel they are not loved or cared for. Thirdly permissive parenting is when a parent does not discipline their children, children are left to do whatever they want and they do not answer to their parents. Most of the time, the child does …show more content…
As a parent, I feel like, in order to prevent the act from happening again, parents need to know the reason. For example, maybe she brought the boy home because she wanted to appear cool in front of her peers. After hearing her reasons, I will tell her reasons her does not make it okay for bringing a boy home when I am away. I will remind my daughter that this is not my rule but our family’s rule. After the talk, I will ground my daughter for two weeks because she disobeyed me. I the first scenario I used Authoritarian parenting even though I punished my daughter it was out of love. When we set “no boy rule” I knew it was a reasonable rule and she will comply with