1. THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT
PARENTING STYLES ON CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
BY: KORY GILL

2. THE FOUR DIFFERENT PARENTING STYLES
ARE:
• AUTHORITATIVE
• AUTHORITARIAN
• PERMISSIVE
• UNINVOLVED

3. EXAMPLE OF EACH OF THE FOUR PARENTING
STYLES
• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=EBV
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4. THE EFFECTS OF THE AUTHORITATIVE
PARENTING STYLE
• KIDS TEND TO ACHIEVE HIGHER GRADES IN COLLEGE.
• KIDS WHO ARE CONSIDERED “GIFTED”, HAVE PARENTS WHOM USED THE
AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE.
• LESS LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS
• CHILDREN LEARNS BASIC SKILLS OF DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION.

5. IS THE AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE
THE BEST?
NOT NECESSARILY!
• MOST OF THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING STYLE WAS
DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.
• THE EFFECTS OF PARENTING STYLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES ARE BEING
RESEARCHED. HOWEVER, AS OF NOW, RECENT RESEARCH SUGGEST AUTHORITATIVE
PARENTING STYLE IS NOT THE BEST FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE OF WESTERN
CULTURE.
• IN COLLECTIVIST COUNTRIES, AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE WAS VIEWED AS
POSITIVE AMONGST CHILDREN.
• HTTP://WWW.TODAY.COM/VIDEO/TODAY/41089948#41089948

6. THE EFFECTS OF AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING
STYLE
• THE CHILD HAVE HARD TIME THINKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL
• ANGER PROBLEMS
• LOW SELF ESTEEM (INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURE)
• FEAR FAILURE
• TEND TO DISLIKE HIGHER AUTHORITIES

7. THE EFFECTS OF PERMISSIVE PARENTING
STYLE
• LACKS SELF-DISCIPLINE
• DEMANDING
• UNDERAGE DRINKING (THREE TIMES AS LIKELY)
• MAY LACK SOCIAL-SKILLS
• LESS MOTIVATED ACADEMICALLY
• HAS HARD TIME WITH SHARING

8. THE EFFECTS OF UNINVOLVED PARENTING
STYLE
• FEARS DEPENDING ON PEOPLE
• LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS
• LACK SELF-CONTROL
• LOW SELF ESTEEM
• FEELS UNIMPORTANT TO THE PARENTS

9. WHY WOULD PARENTS USE THE UNINVOLVED
PARENTING STYLE?
• THE PARENT WAS RAISED WITH THE UNINVOLVED PARENTING STYLE
• MAY BE USED UNINTENTIONALLY BY PARENTS TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN
LIVES. PARENTS MIGHT BE BUSY MOVING UP IN A COMPANY.
• ON THE OTHER HAND, PARENTS MIGHT BE TOO BUSY DOING DRUGS.
• HAVE LITTLE DESIRE OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS.

10. WHAT DOES THE CHILD THINK?
• THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE ON PARENTING STYLES WAS BASED OFF HOW
COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEIVED THEIR PARENTS’ PARENTING STYLE.
• MALES TEND PERCEIVED THEIR MOTHER’S PARENTING STYLE TO BE PERMISSIVE
• FEMALES PERCEIVED THEIR MOTHER’S PARENTING STYLE TO BE AUTHORITATIVE

11. QUESTIONS
• WHAT PARENTING STYLE DID YOU GROW UP WITH? WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DID
IT HAVE ON YOU AS A PERSON?
• DID YOU GROW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH MULTIPLE PARENTING STYLES? IF SO,
WHICH PARENTING STYLES AND WHICH ONE DID YOU RESPOND TO THE BEST?
• DO YOU USE THE SAME PARENTING STYLE THAT YOUR PARENTS USED? IF YOU
ARE NOT A PARENT, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL USE THE SAME PARENTING STYLE
THAT YOUR PARENTS USED?

12. OTHER WORK CITED
• HTTP://ED101.BU.EDU/STUDENTDOC/ARCHIVES/ED101SP06/JRICKLES/AUTHOR
ITATIVEDEBATE.HTML
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• HTTP://WWW.THE-POSITIVE-PARENTING-
CENTRE.COM/AUTHORITARIAN_PARENTING_STYLE.HTML
•
• HTTP://PSYCHOLOGY.ABOUT.COM/OD/CHILDCARE/F/PERMISSIVE-
PARENTING.HTM