I've always thought this show was hilarious, so when I found this clip I couldn't wait to share it. Seeing this from a parenting perspective is even more comical.
![]() Whoa! Hold on... don't leave! Parenting is one of those topics that you feel appeals to you or it absolutely does not appeal to you. If you are interested, it is probably because you fall in one of the three categories: a- you have children b- you are expecting a child, or c- you want children someday. For those of you who tuned me out after you read the title, you are most likely in one of the next few categories: a- count me out...I'm never EVER having one of those things, b- In another lifetime, c- does a fish count as a child? I get that, because I used to be in the fish group. It's true that these kiddos don't come with an owner's manual and every child is different. Even with three lovely (we usually call them spirited) children of our own, there are so many things we don't know as parents. One of those subjects being, the different types of parenting styles, the contributing factors to those styles, and the affects each parenting style can have on human development. Every part of our culture can and will affect human development, but home life is one of the biggest contributing factor in how we as humans turn out. This information on parental styles is new to me and I can't wait to share it with others. This topic will be covered in several posts in hopes to not overload you and for the sake or organization. Let's start with Diana Baumrind. She is responsible for the research and naming of 3 out of 4 main parenting styles. The fourth style, equally as important, was named by Maccoby and Martin, also equally as important, a few years later. Each parenting style differs in its levels of parental responsiveness and parental demandingness. Parental Responsiveness is usually described as the "warmth" part of parenting and parental demandingness is, well, exactly how it sounds..."I command you to go to your room!" (you need to say that with a very deep military-like voice to get the full effect). Having too much or too little of either of these can change parenting styles dramatically, in turn changing the course of development. The four parenting styles are Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, and Neglectful. The graph below shows each style of parenting and surrounds it with the coordinating amount of responsiveness and demandingness for each particular style. This graph does a great job of illustrating the connection between parental responsiveness and parental demandingness in regards to each parenting style. In the following posts, I will cover each of these styles in more detail. I will discuss the characteristics of parents and children of each atmosphere, because it is important to see how development occurs according to the amount of responsiveness and demandingness that is provided.
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