Parenting Analysis

Parenting Analysis

The parent-child relationship has been constantly associated with children's adjustment, development, educational achievement, and well-being. Also, parents are measured to be the central part of family life because parents afford their children with resources for accomplishing lasting objectives. Furthermore, parents are models for the outcomes of social relationships, global orientations toward interpersonal, understanding, and social support in challenging periods, such as the adolescent stage. It is through the parent-child relationships that children develop personalities and life supporting skills that will set the path of his or her life (Ahizadeh. 2011). The present research aimed is to compare and contrast the four styles of parenting: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved.

Parenting Styles

There is sufficient evidence to provide the relationship between a child's behavior and parenting style. Studies have shown that parenting styles have a deep result on a child behavior. Parents should be ready to adjust their parenting styles with the growth of their child. However, without consistent rules and consequences, parents will experience the lack of discipline with their children (McClowry, 2003). Studies have suggested that children are less likely to have behavior problems or act out when they know the rules of what the consequences are for not following them (Ahizadeh. 2011). With consistent parenting, the child can learn about what is expect of him or her and how to behave in a socially acceptable manner.

Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting

Authoritative parenting sets restrictions and controls on children's actions but allows extensive verbal dialogue that promotes parental responsiveness, encourages independence, social competence. In addition the authoritative parenting promotes cognitive competence, self-reliance, and social responsibility in children (Akinsola, 2011). While, authoritarian parents is punitive, restrictive, and places hard limits and controls on children with little or no verbal exchange. The authoritarian parent relationship demonstrates a strict, law, and unquestioning obedience with the child. In addition, the parent does not permit disagreement or expressions of the child (McClowry, 2003).

Permissive and Uninvolved Parenting

Permissive parents are inconsistent and lax feedback to their children. They require very little of their children, and they does not see themselves as holding much responsibility for how their children turn out. They place little or no limits or control on their children's behavior (Feldman, 2008). Furthermore, the permissive parent avoids disciplining and setting rules for the fear of disrupting the natural development of the child. At times it is noted that