How Parents Promote Children

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How Parents Promote Childrens Well-Being
Eva M. Pomerantz
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Think to the Future

• What Attributes Would You Like to Foster in Your
  Child?
• How Would You Do It?

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Parents as Shapers
Parenting
Child Well Being
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Major Dimensions of Parenting

• Structure
• Autonomy Support
• Affect

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Structure

• Setting Limits
• Monitoring
• Guidance
• Scaffolding

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Structure Predicts. . .

• Decreased
• Aggression
• Delinquency
• Increased
• Positive Peer Relations
• Achievement

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Autonomy Support

• Autonomy-Supportive
• Allow Exploration of Environment
• Permit Initiation of Own Behavior
• Independent Problem Solving
• Encourage Generation of Own Strategies
• Controlling
• Pressure to Meet Outcome
• Regulate Behavior
• Commands
• Directives
• Orders
• Love Withdrawal

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Autonomy Support Predicts. . .

• Decreased
• Extrinsic Motivation
• Helplessness
• Depression
• Aggression
• Increased
• Intrinsic Motivation
• Mastery
• Achievement
• Positive Peer Relations

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Affect

• Positive
• Warm and Loving
• Supportive
• Encouraging
• Enjoy Interactions
• Negative
• Hostile
• Criticizes
• Annoyed and Frustrated

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Positive Affect Predicts. . .

• Decreased
• Extrinsic Motivation
• Helplessness
• Depression
• Aggression
• Increased
• Intrinsic Motivation
• Mastery
• Positive Emotional Functioning
• Achievement

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What Should a Parent Do?

• Authoritative Parenting
• Provide Structure
• Support Autonomy
• Maintain Positive Affect
• Benjamin and Garrison

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Children as Shapers
Child Well-Being
Parenting
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It Takes a Parent and a Child
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Mothers Affect Depends on Childrens Helplessness

• Guiding Hypothesis
• Mothers Affect
• Positive Affect on Days Assisted with Homework
• Childrens Helplessness
• Mother, Teacher, and Child Reports
• Childrens Well-Being
• Children Complete Questionnaires

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Mothers Affect Depends on Childrens Helplessness
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Summary

• Be an Authoritative Parent
• Provide Structure
• Support Autonomy
• Maintain Positive Affect
• Its Not Just the Parent
• The Effects of Parenting Depend on What Children
  Bring
• Parental Sensitivity to Childrens Attributes