Parenting Styles Paper

Different Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Adolescent Research
Britanie L. Richards
Palm Beach State College

Different Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Adolescent Research
Parenting styles play a crucial role in the development of a child. Parenting styles can also influence a child’s social, psychological and cognitive growth. Parents play a tremendous role in a child’s life which can influence a child and develop them into the person they are today. Depending on the parenting style it could either have a negative or positive influence on the child’s development along with other factors. This paper examines different parenting styles and the effects it has on adolescents. The four commonly known parenting …show more content…
Authoritative parenting style is the most effective style out of the four. Children with authoritative parents are more likely to have self-control, moral maturity, and high self-esteem and more prone to have more success in school and not drop out and are more to not be influenced by their peers (Epstein, 2017). They are also less likely to have anxiety and depression and also less likely to be involved with drugs because parents enforce limits on them (Lamborn et al 1991). Authoritative parents are less likely to control their kids through arbitrary punishments. Authoritative parents are more likely to reason with the children and listen to their child’s needs. That has a tremendous influence on adolescent because their parents listen to their needs; therefore, they feel more comfortable and more secure and …show more content…
Authoritative parenting styles tend to result in children who are happy, capable, and successful. Permissive parenting results in children who rank low in happiness and self-regulation. These children are more likely to experience problems with authority and tend to perform poorly in school. Uninvolved parenting styles rank lowest across involvement, acceptance and everything. These children tend to lack self-control, have low self-esteem, and are less competent than their peers. Authoritative parents are more likely to be viewed as reasonable, fair, and just so their children are more likely to comply with the requests that parents make. Also, because these parents provide rules as well as explanations for these rules, children are much more likely to learn these lessons. Rather than simply following the rules because they fear punishment, the children of authoritative parents are able to see why the rules exist, understand that they are

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