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Each parent has a different manner of raising his/her little one. Whether to give in to your child’s tantrum: chocolate first, then dinner? Or to let him cry? Or simply leave him alone? Or come to a compromise? These are very common dilemmas and each parent will choose different option in these situations. The parenting style is influenced by the socio-cultural background, family traditions, education, religion etc. A lot of parenting styles have been identified, such as helicopter, attachment, spiritual and toxic etc. But experts and studies have derived four basic styles of parenting: Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive and Uninvolved.
Diana Baumrind, a clinical and developmental psychologist extensively researched parenting behaviour and classified parenting styles as above. Parental responsiveness and Parental demandingness are the two elements that determine parenting style.
A gist of parenting styles in above terms:
Often it’s not possible to simply stick up to one parenting style. We are prone to oscillate between the above styles as per the circumstances – adding or subtracting to your basic parenting skills. The key is to adopt positives from all styles to maintain a balance between discipline and love.
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