What The Science Says About The Most Popular Parenting Styles

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• What The Science Says About The Most Popular
  Parenting Styles

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• The role that parents establish in the family
  framework and the way in which they relate to
  their children, as well as the values ??that they
  transmit to them, is crucial for the development
  of children and adolescents
• The fascinating and not always easy path of
  raising and educating children is conditioned by
  multiple factors . Broadly speaking, we would
  have, on the one hand, genetics and everything
  that every human being carries "as standard" and,
  on the other, the influence of the environment .
  Today we talk about parenting styles, what they
  are and how science says they influence the
  development of children.

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• What are parenting styles and what do they
  consist of?
• Although we are born with particular basic
  characteristics, the environment also plays a
  fundamental role in the development of the person
  . Thus, during childhood and adolescence, the
  role that parents establish in the family
  framework will be crucial for the development of
  children and adolescents .
• We call the way we relate to them parenting style
  . This way of relating would include how we
  transmit our principles and values ??to them, as
  well as attitudes, roles and habits as those
  responsible for their care and safety.
• Given that not all parents relate to our children
  in the same way, could we establish a
  classification depending on the parenting style?
  What are parenting styles?

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• What are the four parenting styles?
• Let's see what characteristics each of them have
  and what are the repercussions on the children
  according to the empirical evidence that we have.
• Parenting styles and their impact on child
  development
• 1. Authoritarian parents
• They are demanding and severe parents . They tend
  to behave in a rigid way to control the behavior
  of children in such a way that they are
  inflexible in complying with the rules .
• For these fathers and mothers , discipline,
  obedience and authority are essential , so they
  impose rules that must be followed.
• They use punishment as a control tool and do not
  accompany their children emotionally. This fact
  hinders the creation of affective bonds . The
  children of authoritarian mothers and fathers
  have low self-esteem, are insecure and have low
  emotional intelligence .
• They learn that power and demand are priorities
  and they behave submissively when there is an
  external power, but when that external power is
  not present , self-control problems and even
  aggressive behavior appear. Evidence suggests
  that this parenting style promotes aggressive
  behavior in sons and daughters .

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• 2. Democratic Parents
• These are fathers and mothers who promote
  dialogue with their children. They encourage
  their independence by encouraging them to solve
  problems on their own, but by setting clear rules
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• Democratic fathers and mothers take care to
  listen to their sons and daughters even if they
  present different opinions and, in addition, they
  support them on an emotional level .
• The control of the behavior of the children is
  established from norms, dialogue, reasoning and
  exposition of the expectations that they have of
  them.
• In addition, families that use this parenting
  style recognize and accept their mistakes and are
  not afraid to rectify them .
• The sons and daughters of democratic mothers and
  fathers have high self-esteem, confidence and
  tenacity . They are children who face new
  situations with confidence and determination . In
  addition, they usually have good social skills .
  Having great emotional intelligence , they are
  able to understand, express and manage their
  emotions and those of others , being friendly and
  empathic .
• Research on this style concludes that it has
  positive effects on sons and daughters ,
  increasing their self-esteem, improving
  educational achievement and level of
  independence, and reducing behavioral problems

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• 3. Permissive parents
• Permissive parents are affectionate with their
  children, but do not set limits or rules . In the
  event that there are rules, they are very
  flexible with them and also with their
  consequences, so they are not very demanding with
  boys and girls, and tend to give in to conflicts
  with them. Their role is more like that of a
  friend than that of a father or mother.
• Sons and daughters are usually cheerful and
  expressive, but also very immature since they are
  not used to limits . They can also appear as
  selfish boys and girls with problems controlling
  impulsiveness .
• Studies say that these children may have higher
  levels of aggression and delinquent behavior .

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• 4. Neglectful parents
• They are parents who do not get involved in the
  upbringing and education of children. They do not
  impose rules or limits and are distant with their
  children, even ignoring or forgetting the basic
  needs of the little ones .
• Paradoxically, although they do not impose rules,
  they can exercise excessive unjustified and
  inconsistent control that disorients children.
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• The children of negligent mothers and fathers,
  not knowing the importance of the rules, do not
  comply with them in any area and tend to present
  behavior problems and have personal and social
  conflicts .

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• Are new parenting styles emerging?
• The observation of parenting styles has led to
  the appearance in recent years of some new terms
  that are equal, in some cases, or complement, in
  others, the four types that we have just
  described. Terms like tiger parents , helicopter,
  snowplow, barnyard parents, or attachment parents
  are beginning to appear frequently in articles on
  the subject.
• Tiger Parents
• Thus, tiger parents would resemble authoritarian
  parents since they expect children to obey,
  strive for excellence and not talk back.
• Helicopter Parents
• The term helicopter parents is perhaps one of the
  best known to all. These are overprotective
  parents , who do not allow their children to do
  anything for themselves. They fear for the future
  of the children as in the case of authoritarian
  parents, but they also act permissively.

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• Snowplow Parents
• Another parenting style that combines
  authoritarian traits with permissive traits is
  the style of snowplow parents , who dedicate
  their efforts to eliminating obstacles that may
  arise in their children's lives, although there
  are practically no studies on the matter.
• Pond Parents
• The corral parents base their style on fully
  trusting the children so that, in the first
  place, they provide them with the basics so that
  they can handle themselves in different
  situations and, later, they move away to allow
  them freedom . In this sense, this parental style
  can fall into neglect .
• Parent attachment
• Finally, attachment parents would be those who
  maintain that children who develop strong bonds
  in childhood will have happier relationships in
  the future . The advantage is that they allow the
  child to experiment and give him security and
  confidence, but it can also be confused with the
  permissive style .
• What is the best parenting style?
• We must bear in mind, at this point, that any
  classification helps us to order the information,
  but, in matters of parenting, you have probably
  already realized that things are not usually
  black or white . 
• Perhaps we need more research to be able to
  establish an updated and more complete
  classification of parenting styles, but, while
  this is happening, we hope we have given you some
  clues about what we currently know about the most
  popular parenting styles.

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