LEARNING OBJECTIVE[ edit ]
Contrast the four main parenting styles
KEY POINTS[ edit ]
Researcher Diana Baumrind (1966) identified three initial parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive. Maccoby and Martin (1983) later expanded upon Baumrind’s work and added the uninvolved/neglectful style.
Authoritative parents set realistic expectations for their children, and they provide their children with fair (or natural) consequences. Of the four parenting styles, this style is most encouraged in modern American society.
Authoritarian parents tend to be very strict parents, whereas permissive parents tend to be warm and loving but do not set appropriate limits or rules.
Neglectful parents are often uninvolved or indifferent; they don’t respond to the child’s needs and make relatively few demands. This parenting style has been associated with the most negative outcomes for children.
TERM[ edit ]
antisocial
Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; opposed to social order or the principles of society.
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Source: Boundless. “Influence of Parenting Style on Child Development.” Boundless Psychology. Boundless, 26 May. 2016. Retrieved 26 Oct. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/psychology/textbooks/boundless-psychology-textbook/human-development-14/infancy-and-childhood-72/influence-of-parenting-style-on-child-development-280-12815/