Baumrind’s Parenting Styles

1. Baumrind’s Parenting Styles Powerpoint by Anna Jones and Jamie Rogers

2. Introduction to Parenting Styles • During the 1960’s psychologist Diana Baumrind identified four important dimensions of parenting after conducting a study on over 100 pre-school children using parental interviews and naturalistic observations. • These four aspects that led to her classifications of parenting styles are: • Disciplinary strategies • Warmth and Nurturance • Communication Styles • Expectations of Maturity and Control • Based on these dimensions, Baumrind decided that parents show one of the four types of parenting styles with their children: - Authoritarian - Indulgent - Authoritative - Neglectful

3. Authoritarian Parenting

4. Examples of Authoritarian Parenting Authoritarian parents are unreasonable in their demands and utilize harsh punishments for wrong doings that could be corrected through examples or positive reinforcement. Click on the link to watch a short skit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeaG_Lx-keU&feature=related

5. AuthoritativeParenting

6. Examples of Authoritative Parenting -Authoritative parents use equality to explain their demands and the reasons behind them. -They get “on their level” to speak to their children about following rules. -They use positive reinforcement and praise often. • - Children who are raise by authoritative • parents are more willing to go to them • for help and comforting. • They feel a better sense of trust • and belonging. • These children are cooperative and • understand why we need rules and • consequences.

7. Neglectful Parenting

8. Involvement in addictive behaviors and lack of support or friendship can oftentimes leave children of neglectful parents with loneliness, fear and anxiety. Examples of Neglectful Parenting A neglectful parent always puts his/her needs and wants as first priority. Usually experiencing financial, emotional and social stress, neglectful parents are unable to encourage, teach or enable their children.

9. Indulgent/Permissive Parenting

10. Indulgent Parenting Continued… • Responsive but undemanding • Oftentimes create children who are demanding and selfish rather than loving and supportive • Children typically possess good self-esteem and excellent social skills but can be less motivated in school because they are not held accountable for their own behavior • Children are often impulsive, aggressive and lack independence

11. Baumrind’s Parenting Styles

13. Punishment The most successful way to increase a desired behavior is to use positive reinforcement. Negative Reinforcement is to remove a negative stimulus following a response. This is the least successful way to increase a desired behavior. Because you're late to work one morning, you drive over the speed limit through a school zone. As a result, you get pulled over by a police officer and receive a ticket. When something desired is taken away in order to decrease a certain behavior, it is called Negative Punishment. This is the least effective of all punishments.

14. Co-parenting • Support given by each parent when raising a child • Poor co-parenting can place children at risk • Research shows co-parenting as more beneficial than either maternal or paternal parenting in terms of development

15. Resources • Cherry, Kendra. (n.d.). Parenting styles. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/parenting-style.htm • Dubai, Helen. (2011). Permissive parenting style. Retrieved from http://www.consistent-parenting-advice.com/permissive- parenting-style.html • Dubai, Helen. (2011). Uninvolved parenting style. Retrieved from http://www.consistent-parenting-advice.com/uninvolved parenting-style.html • Kidsplane. (n.d.). Parenting styles. Retrieved from http://www.kidsplane.com/parents/parenting_style/index.html • Santrock, J. W. (2012). Essentials of Life-Span Development. (2nd ed.) New York: NY.