Four Parenting Styles

All grandparents have hilarious stories to tell about their children when they were growing up. And for every funny or even touching story they may have, they will be able to tell you another for every hardship they encountered.

Parenting is something that is done in many different ways by each parent. These four basic parenting styles are determined by the level of warmth and control that parents exert over their child.

1. Authoritarian Parenting:

Authoritarian parents rule on just that: authority. They make demands on their children that they must follow regardless of the circumstances. If these demands are not met, harsh punishment will ensue.

These parents do not welcome feedback from their children. In fact, it is met with severe punishment. The children tend to be quiet and unhappy. They have more of a fear than a love for their parents.

Male children have trouble dealing with anger and female children have trouble facing adversity due to their heavily structured life where nothing ever changes.

2. Indulgent Parenting:

Indulgent parents tend to be described as lenient. They allow immature and childish behavior. These parents expect the children to learn from their mistakes and to fend for themselves in most times of need.

These parents tend to be democratic and allow for feedback from there children on issues. They will hear both sides of an argument and usually make a compromise.

Indulgent parents usually avoid confrontation with their children by all means, but do tend to be more involved and emotionally closer to their children.

3. Authoritative Parenting:

They're able to demand things of their children but are also able to respond to what they're child says, questions and requests. These children tend to be the happiest, most confident and self assured of all the mentioned four parenting styles. It is very difficult to be a purely authoritative parent.

4. Passive Parenting:

Passive parenting is being completely uninvolved. These parents may never be home due to immaturity, work or the like. These children are usually raised by grandparents, older siblings, babysitters or themselves. There is no parental involvement at all.

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