1. Dr. Mohsen Lotfy Ahmed Developmental Psychology 73 Application of Psychology Parenting

2.  Parents play a key role in children’s lives ◦ Parenting and infant attachment ◦ Parenting and discipline style ◦ Effect in childrearing: Two-way street ◦ Common discipline mistakes  Lax parenting, verbosity, over reactivity, and reinforcement of inappropriate behavior ◦ Sociocultural factors in parenting ◦ Myth of the perfect parent ◦ Day care, divorce, and parenting Developmental Psychology 74 Dr. Mohsen Lotfy Ahmed

3. Baumrind: Three Parenting Styles StyleAuthoritarianPermissiveAuthoritative Warmth lowhigh Discipline strictraremoderate Expected Maturity highlowmoderate Communication: parent- child highlowhigh Communication: child- parent lowhigh 75 Dr. Mohsen Lotfy Ahmed