What parenting style are you using?

They say the parents are the first teachers, and if kids have been known to have different learning styles, ever wondered what type of parenting style you are implementing on your children?

I’ve stumbled upon several articles that describe different parenting styles and how this can impact you and your children.

Read on.

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Parenting Style: The Impact On You And Your Children
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In his book ‘How to Survive Family Life’  Oliver James describes four parenting styles and the impact they have on children.

Avoidant: unconsciously we consider our mother to be rejecting, controlling and negative. Mothers of avoidant children are observed to communicate with their children about their own emotions and difficulties, rather than commenting on their child’s acts, sounds or emotions. They are controlling and intrusive, ensuring their child focuses on the things they want rather than the things the child wants, and are adverse to cuddling. This rejecting pattern of care causes the child to grow up expecting rejection – so they always reject first. They are fiercely independent, assuming other people will be hostile and rejecting, and don’t want to settle down and have children. Avoidant children who do marry are more likely to divorce. Avoidant adults work long hours, preferring work to love, but are critical of co-workers because they are less committed to work than they are. Generally avoidant children grow up feeling very unhappy on the inside, but they dare not show it.

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Parenting Styles – Permissive, Authoritarian, Authoritative

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Parenting styles are usually permissive, authoritarian or authoritative, with the way one was parented having an impact on the choice of parenting style.

Publish Date: 07/06/2010 16:51

http://parentingmethods.suite101.com/article.cfm/parenting-styles—permissive-authoritarian-authoritative

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