Instructions are in the image. The purpose of this activity is to provide you wi
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Instructions are in the image.The purpose of this activity is to provide you with a chance to explore Baumrind's four original parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and rejecting/neglecting. For this assignment you will need to identify three different parents each with a different parenting style. These can be people whom you know or they can be fictitious parents from a TV show or movie. If you are using parents from a TV show or movie you should watch an episode of the show or the movie. For all three of your parents you need to: Provide specific examples to justify their parenting style classification. Discuss the positive and/or negatives associated with each observed style. Discuss the typical child outcome for each observed style. Identify the behaviors exhibited by children of these parents. Discuss whether or not they match the parenting-style/child outcome connections described in the text. Provide your answers to these questions in a 2-3 page paper due by the end of week 3. Your paper should be written in APA format and your sources should be properly cited and referenced.
Explanation / Answer
Diana Baumrind distinguished about parenting styles in three ways i.e too hard, too soft and just the right. Namely they are as follows:
1) Authoritarian Parenting Style: The parents here are too strict and rigid with the upbringing of the child. They wants their rules to be obeyed. You can say such parenting is like that of Army Training.
Example: My grandparents followed this parenting style. They had 5 children and they expected pin drops silnence in the house. Hitting the kids for their mistakes or mischief was a routine. There was a fixed disciplined time for everything,food,going to bed etc.
The kids grew up with the 0% conversation among themselves. They didn't even remember why and when they stopped talking. As an adult,each of them had a very dominating behavior. They seem to have trouble opening up about their feelings. Few did the same to their kids.
2) Permissive Parenting Style: This style is exactly opposite to the Authoritarian Style. The parents aren't strict at all, no glimpse of discipline seen. Such children are mostly termed as 'Spoiled Kids'. They tend to make it a habit of getting everything the way they want. Such kids find it difficult to obey someone or adjust in life.
For example: There is one fictional story of a mother and her son. The story goes on like this:
Once there was a mother and his son who lived a peaceful life inspite of being poor. One day, the son came home and showed his mother a fancy handkerchief he stole from a passer by when he was asking for directions. His mother thought, "Just a small handkerchief, that's okay, I'm not scoldi him for this!"
Years went by and the mother was too old. Gradually the son became a criminal having robbed many banks. He got caught one day and was sentence to lifetime prison. He met his mother and told her, "I wish you had slapped me or scolded me when I robbed that small handkerchief. I wouldn't have been who I am if only you would have been a bit strict."
Moral of the story is, It's important to be strict at times.
Coming to the next Style,
3) Authoritative Parenting Style: This is the just right style according to Diana Baumrind. It is the combination of warmth and expectations. Children do needs to understand the difference between a good behavior and a bad behavior. Such parents often give children a reasoning for a particular behavior they expect. At times healthy punishments like time out or switching of the t.v is used, but that doesn't mean their care is reduced. They then give explanation as to why they were punished. Such children grows up to be more understanding of others. They are usually obedient in schools and colleges. They are more conscientious in life.
For example: The parenting style seen in the mythological character, Krishna. His mother used to punish him when he used to rob the milk from others house. But then she also used to cry and explain to him that it's wrong to rob and hence he was punished. According to the mythology, Krishna grown up to be a man who believed in the fact that 'You need to be good with good people, and brave and outspoken for those who deserves that behavior'.