Styles Of Child Rearing

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Styles of Child Rearing Alexandra Clarke 100764903 COMM 1003 English Gerilyn Wall December 8th, 2011 Special Events Planning When couples begin thinking about having their first child consequently, it is inevitable that they will think about how they are going to raise them. Everyone dreams of having a well-behaved child, and wonders how they can achieve this. People often turn to parenting books, television shows and advice from friends and family. There are many child-rearing styles, with Permissive and Authoritarian being on either side of the rearing scale. Both styles seem to have polar opposite approaches to parenting, greatly affecting a child’s behaviour, emotional security and intellectual development. Many of us have been unfortunate enough to get stuck at the grocery store behind the whining child throwing a temper tantrum for the chocolate bar. This behaviour is obviously embarrassing for the parents. A permissive parent would quickly respond by agreeing to the chocolate bar without hesitation. These parents try to avoid conflict as much as possible. It is very obvious that in a permissive parenting family, the child has control. On the other hand, an authoritarian parent would very firmly tell the child no. The child would respond to this because he or she would see their parent as the authority; These parents are extremely controlling and make all the decisions. Permissive parents tend to have more focus on rewarding a child for good behavior while an authoritarian seems to concentrate more on punishment for bad behavior. This praise for good behavior and punishment for bad behavior plays a huge part in a child’s emotional security. Nevertheless, To a child emotional security is the feeling of being loved, it can give the child senses of being wanted. Often, just a hug can help a child feel emotionally secure. Permissive parents

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