1. Parenting Styles

2. Why are parenting styles important?
Psychologists have been always been interested in how parents impact child development.
They study what effects the different parenting styles have on children.

3. What are the four parenting styles?
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Permissive/Indulgent
Uninvolved/Neglectful

4. Authoritarian
Children are expected to follow strict rules established by the parents.
Failure to follow rules results in harsh punishment.
Usually, parents don’t give reasons why the rules exist.

5. Authoritative
Also have rules and guidelines the children are expected to follow
However, parents are more willing to listen to children and their questions
When rules are broken, parents tend to be more nurturing and forgiving than punishing.

6. Permissive/Indulgent
Parents have very few demands
Parents rarely discipline children
Parents are generally nurturing and communicative with their children, but they tend to take on the friend role than the parent role

7. Uninvolved/Neglectful
Parents have few demands and don’t communicate much with their children
Most parents still provide basic needs (uninvolved), but are detached from their child’s life
In extreme cases, parents are neglectful and don’t even provide their child with the basic needs