Children are good imitators. The way you behave before the kids and how you choose to raise your children will have a long-term effect on their lives.
Before you enter parenthood, you wonder what type of parent you’ll be. While this is the question people ask, there are various parenting styles to decide upon.
We sought to find out the answer to this question and here’s what we found out.
Parenting Styles
There are five parenting styles:
- Tiger: Parents who push their kids to succeed based on their parenting terms.
- Free-range: These are parents who give their kids lots of liberty.
- Gentle or Attachment: These are calm parents who put in place limits based on their kid’s needs and behavior.
- Snow Plow: Parents who eliminate obstacles to create an easy life for the kids.
- Helicopter: The type of parents who control every aspect of their kid’s life.
There are four classifications commonly talked about, and they include the following:
- Permissive: They are negligent about their hopes. They don’t require much of their kids and don’t set standards.
- Authoritarian: They are the influence in their youngster’s life. They put rules in place, and they’re similar to the tiger parents.
- Authoritative: These are parents who are extremely demanding while at the same time highly approachable.
- Neglectful: Parents who are apathetic in their youngsters and reluctant to take a dynamic role in their kid’s lives.
Authoritative Parents
These parents are considered the most successful and are characterized by their high hopes, support and understanding. All these qualities provide a healthy atmosphere that lets kids flourish.
Though you may not be an authoritative parent, these are the effects of authoritative parenting on children
- They are likely to have happier dispositions
- Have excellent emotional management and control
- Are self-confidence about their ability to learn new things
- Grow excellent social abilities
- Are self-possessed about their abilities to acquire new skills
Characteristics of Authoritative Parenting
These are authoritative parenting characteristics:
- They’re warm and nurture their kids talents
- They listen to their children
- They give their kids the freedom they need and also support liberty
- They offer their kids an understanding instead of asking for blind obedience
- They put in place open restrictions on behavior
- These parents constantly impose boundaries
- Apply positive discipline as an alternative to penalizing or powerful measures
- They earn respect from their kids, and they don’t demand it.
Even if you’re not an authoritative parent, research has found this style is the best as it gives out the best results in youngsters. Although these parents have high hopes for their children, they also provide them with resources.
Another thing about authoritative parenting is they support the kids to achieve their dreams. Having said this, I believe, every parent wants the best for his kids.
No parent is happy to see his children fail. Therefore, it’s essential to provide a healthy and safe environment for their success.
