Understanding Parenting Styles: The Strategy and Science Behind It All 

BY MOMBLOGLIFE

Parenting involves a “give and take” with various styles serving as guidelines in the complex journey of raising children with different needs and personalities from adolescence to adulthood. 

This positive parenting style is often seen as the “gold standard” of parenting. Authoritative parents are warm and responsive, but they also set clear boundaries. 

Authoritative Parenting

This style often stems from a strict upbringing, and discipline might lean more towards punishment here. These parents are all about rules and obedience. 

Authoritarian Parenting

Children of permissive parents can feel that “anything goes.” These parents are warm and nurturing but often lack in setting boundaries or enforcing self-discipline in their children. 

Permissive Parenting

Sadly, uninvolved parenting is characterized by a neglectful parent and a lack of responsiveness. It’s like a gardener who waters the plants but doesn’t tend to their other needs.

Uninvolved Parenting

The interactions between parents and their children during adolescence significantly influence the child’s development into adulthood.