Parenting is arguably one of the most challenging jobs there is. Despite these challenges, it is a parent 's duty to raise and prepare a child for the day that they enter the “real world” on their own. Everyone has their own views on the concept of parenting. Although, it is important to know that every parent-child relationship is different. Resulting in the fact that there is not one sure, superior way to successfully be a parent. In psychology today, there are four major recognized parenting styles:…
Diana Blumberg Baumrind is a clinical and developmental psychologist that specializes in parenting styles. Baumrind was born on August 23, 1927 in a small Jewish community in New York City; she was the first of two daughters born to Hyman and Mollie Blumberg. Baumrind earned a B.A. in philosophy at Hunter College in 1948. She later received her M.A. and Ph. D. in Psychology at the University of California, Berkley; she studied developmental, clinical, and social psychology. Her doctoral dissertation…
When it comes to having children, parenting can be one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences. A child’s development can be influenced in many ways and parents are the major influence in their children 's lives. In the early 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrind discovered four parenting styles (Berg). Those parenting styles include authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved. Authoritative parents create clear guidelines and expectations for their children, however still provide…
or some other culture? First let’s look at some parenting styles. There are three parenting styles that were first identified by Baumrind. First is `authoritarian, authoritative and permissive (or indulgent) ', the fourth category later identified by Baumrind, `neglectful ' parenting, is, arguably, not a `style ' but an indication of failure on the part of parents to adequately care for their children (Ramaekers & Suissa, 2012, pg.76). Parenting essentially falls into two categories and these are…
Dictionary of contemporary English imply the father or mother of a person. It also went on to disclose its view on parenting as the skill or activity of looking after your own children. Davies (2000) opined that parenting (or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional social and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting style is a psychological contrast representing standard strategies that parents use in their child rearing (stantrock…