Researchers have identified four parenting styles that influence children’s’ growth and development. According to Myers and DeWall (2019), parentings styles include authoritative, permissive, negligent, and authoritarian (p. 592). First, the authoritarian parenting style is characterized by its strict and directive rules and regulations asserted by the parents onto children. The second is the permissive parenting style, in which parents set a few limits, make fewer demands, and use mild punishment on their children. The third is a negligent parenting style, another group of parents entirely not involved in the child’s upbringing. Finally, the authoritative parenting style is considered ideal parenting since it is both responsive and demanding. Still, they allow room for discussion and encourage children to be responsible.
Negligent parenting can influence children to engage in unruly behavior due to a lack of guidance and parental support. On the other hand, children raised through the permissive parenting style grow up to be aggressive and immature, not what most parents expect from their children. Authoritarian and authoritative styles have common imposition and strictness, but the authoritarian one asserts extreme control over children (Perez-Gramaje, Garcia, Reyes & Serra, 2019, p. 2). Therefore, the most preferred and effective parenting style with desirable outcomes is the authoritative parenting style. Perez-Gramaje et al. (2019) assert that only authoritative parenting styles treat their children flexibly and rationally by allowing open communication and reasoning (p. 2). Children raised in this setting are socially competitive with likable self-control, self-esteem, and self-reliance. Besides, authoritative parenting builds good morals by enhancing children’s psychological conduct that minimizes aggressive behavior (Masud, Cho & Fakhr, 2019, p. 10). Therefore, parents should adopt authoritative parenting to curb aggressive behaviors and boost the children’s wholesome growth.
References
Masud, H., Ahmad, M. S., Cho, K. W., & Fakhr, Z. (2019). Parenting styles and aggression among young adolescents: A systematic review of literature. Community mental health journal, 55(6), 1015-1030. Web.
Myers, D. G., & DeWall, C. N. (2016). Exploring psychology. Worth Publishers, Macmillan Learning.
Perez-Gramaje, A. F., Garcia, O. F., Reyes, M., Serra, E., & Garcia, F. (2019). Parenting styles and aggressive adolescents: Relationships with self-esteem and personal maladjustment. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 12(1), 1 – 10. Web.