Authoritative Parenting Style Analysis

As the social, emotional, and academic effects of parenting style can vary in children and adolescent, choosing which to apply should be an informed decision to ensure the child’s individual needs are met. There is a direct correlation between parenting styles and the effects these styles have on children. There are four main parenting styles based on two aspects of parenting behavior, control, and warmth. The combination of these two aspects forms four primary parenting styles, authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive. Authoritarian parenting provides strict parental control with little to no warmth. Authoritative parenting provides intermediate control and warmth. Permissive parenting provides little parental control and considerable …show more content…
While many American adolescents show the greatest success with authoritative parenting, this is not the case in many countries. Like American children, most Kenyan children, excel academically with the use of the authoritative parenting (Litali). Most adolescents in Spain, however, have found permissive parenting to be most successful (Garcia). In Bangladesh (Stewart) and Hong Kong, authoritarian parenting was related positively to academic achievement (Xu). Moreover, adolescents in most other Asian countries responded better to authoritative parenting. Much of the variation in the success of each parenting style can be attributed to differing cultural and religious beliefs. This can affect adolescents and children whose parents immigrated from regions where authoritarian or permissive parenting styles were considered superior, as they are likely to continue that practice. It is quite possible that these parents, in attempting to raise their child with the parenting style that was successful in their country of origin, may diminish their child’s academic success in America by not assimilating. These children are at a disadvantage should they enter an American authoritative educational environment. Many of these adolescents will not only need to overcome cultural and language barriers but also acclimate themselves to what may be a very different structure in their learning environment. Parents …show more content…
While authoritative parenting seems to correlate with higher academic achievement, several reasons factor into the differences in parenting styles and their outcomes, such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and a child’s special needs. Adolescents also excel socially and academically when the teaching style used in their learning environment corresponds to the parenting style used in the home. Parents must consider what practices can make their children safe as well as socially and academically more

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