Parenting Styles

Parenting Styles

Parenting styles is something that varies from each parent, its every parent own unique way or method that that use to raise their kids. The ways a parent raise their child play a major role in their child’s life. Sometimes the style the parents choose to use may cause their kids to turn out great and other times not so great. Everyone has their own form of parenting styles, the styles of parenting have been broken down into three parts: Authoritarian, permissive and Democratic.

The first style is Authoritarian parent is the most strict and meanest type of parent. This type of parenting style reminds me of my best friend mother. She was very stern, and obedience was always the key in her house hold, whatever she says go’s. Usually my friend wasn’t allowed to do anything her mother didn’t abide by or agree with. She didn’t have much of a social life outside of school. Because of that she acted out in school and often ditched school because she wanted to do other things that her mother didn’t allow, such has going to the movies or the mall. Later down the line because of her mother’s ways and the way she treated her she began to have low esteem levels. Her mother focus was for her to do what she said and anything different would get hear beaten. Most of the times kids with an Authoritarian parent turn out to be rebellious adults, luckily my friend turned out just fine.

The second style of parenting is permissive. A permissive parent is the type of parent that all kids want, but don’t necessarily need because there is no punishment for bad behavior. This parent allows their kids to be in control. Also, they try to be more of a friend rather than a parent. The is style if parenting reminds me of my aunt, she allowed my cousin to go out and do whatever she desired mainly because she feared her own daughter. On the other hand, she wasn’t much of a mother, she lacked in showing love and obedience to her child. This eventually resulted in my cousin going to look for love in the wrong places. The permissive parent is becoming very popular nowadays, because parents don’t want to be parents anymore they rather be friends with their kids.

I saved the best for last Democratic parenting. A democratic parent is the best type of parent in my opinion, mainly because they allow their kids to be themselves but still have authority over them. My mother is a democratic parent and she always taught be to be responsible and think about my actions before I act out. She wasn’t very strict, but she did set guidelines and boundaries. I wasn’t sheltered as a child and teenager, if I did what I was supposed to in school and home I was allowed to go do things and have a social life. My mother and I communicated with each other very well without fear or negative consequences. If I did something wrong I was told what I did wrong and why I was being punished. Overall with