Question

The textbook highlights four distinct styles of parenting: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved. Conduct an Internet search to broaden your understanding of these styles. Write a short essay (500-750 words) in which you: First, define each style. Then, explore each style's effect on the socioemotional development of a 10-year-old child.

Answer 1

Answer:

Authoritarian = you deny the child any saying or rights.

Authoritative = you make clear to the child that your opinion overrules.

Permissive = you work on a more democratic level with your child.

Uninvolved = you leave everything up to the child.

Explanation:

Authoritarian parenting is, hopefully, outdated because it doesn´t educate the child in any way and leaves it in a submissive role.

Authoritative parenting leaves more freedom for the child to express his/her opinion, but it probably leads to the child feeling not being taken serious.

Permissive parenting is democratic and it shows the child that she/he is equally treated and in no way inferior to the adult. This has, however, also some possible negative side-effects, because it can lead a child to do whatever it feels like to do.

Uninvolved parenting is very practical because it saves the parents of a lot of work. Nevertheless, it leads to children who are not corrected in any way and therefore end up in society, in general, as conflictive persons.