Parenting styles, both between and within, cultural groups represent the individual beliefs and values of parents’ experiences. A distinctive component of parenting styles subsists that although three major categories of styles exists, how a individual parents their child falls on a continuum – no parenting technique stands faultless. When reading this week’s chapters, I found the African style of parenting intriguing, especially on the topics of sibling care, childhood expectations, and parent-child interactions in the West African culture. In both this week’s lecture and my article, Baumrind’s parenting style heavily illustrated the effects of parenting styles on a child’s behavior. Baumrind’s three models of parenting exemplified the degree
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Because of this culture close-knit community, a majority of the culture shares a parenting style of authoritative parenting. In fact, “results provide support for the cross-cultural validity of the authoritative parenting style and suggest that positive child outcomes associated with this parenting style are evident as early as age 3 in African American families” (Querido, Warner, & Eyberg, 2002, p. 275). The West African’s cultural use of physical punishment exemplifies authoritative parenting through the aspect of control. While the authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles rely heavily on demandingness, the authoritative parenting style also incorporates high levels of responsiveness. So, this culture not only aims to guide and control their children, but also aids and supports them in the developmental process. As clarified in the article, “the authoritative parenting style consists of a constellation of parent attributes that include emotional support and clear, bidirectional commutation, first limit-setting, reasoning, and responsiveness” (Querido, Warner, & Eyberg, 2002, p. 272). The authoritative parenting style functions well in the West African culture because it constructs balance – both of nurturance and limitations. Through this balance, parents assert certain expectations for their children, and …show more content…
While their parenting styles may not work effectively in other cultures, such as the European American culture, it correspond to the needs of their cultural members. In a culture of children subsisting as teachers, community parenting, and third parties, the West African culture stands far different than my personal culture. Through viewing this culture’s specific needs, I stood able to perceive how these certain parenting techniques function in this culture, as they generates an interdependent, all-inclusive nation.
References
Querido, J. G., Warner, T. D., & Eyberg, S. M. (2002). Parenting Styles and Child Behavior in African American Families of Preschool Children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(2), 272-277. doi:10.1207/153744202753604548
Rogoff, B. (2003). Child Rearing in Families and Communities. In The Cultural Nature of Human Development (pp. 102-149). New York, NY: Oxford University
Because of this culture close-knit community, a majority of the culture shares a parenting style of authoritative parenting. In fact, “results provide support for the cross-cultural validity of the authoritative parenting style and suggest that positive child outcomes associated with this parenting style are evident as early as age 3 in African American families” (Querido, Warner, & Eyberg, 2002, p. 275). The West African’s cultural use of physical punishment exemplifies authoritative parenting through the aspect of control. While the authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles rely heavily on demandingness, the authoritative parenting style also incorporates high levels of responsiveness. So, this culture not only aims to guide and control their children, but also aids and supports them in the developmental process. As clarified in the article, “the authoritative parenting style consists of a constellation of parent attributes that include emotional support and clear, bidirectional commutation, first limit-setting, reasoning, and responsiveness” (Querido, Warner, & Eyberg, 2002, p. 272). The authoritative parenting style functions well in the West African culture because it constructs balance – both of nurturance and limitations. Through this balance, parents assert certain expectations for their children, and …show more content…
While their parenting styles may not work effectively in other cultures, such as the European American culture, it correspond to the needs of their cultural members. In a culture of children subsisting as teachers, community parenting, and third parties, the West African culture stands far different than my personal culture. Through viewing this culture’s specific needs, I stood able to perceive how these certain parenting techniques function in this culture, as they generates an interdependent, all-inclusive nation.
References
Querido, J. G., Warner, T. D., & Eyberg, S. M. (2002). Parenting Styles and Child Behavior in African American Families of Preschool Children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(2), 272-277. doi:10.1207/153744202753604548
Rogoff, B. (2003). Child Rearing in Families and Communities. In The Cultural Nature of Human Development (pp. 102-149). New York, NY: Oxford University