Types of Parenting (L11)

This week we talked about the 3 main types of parenting. First, we have authoritarian. In other words "My way or no way." This type of parenting may get your children to do what you want now, but can lead to rebellion and represents someone who feels as though they are superior and commanding the inferior. There is no agency involved in this type of parenting. Another type is permissive. This type of parenting is like being the best friend to your child. Although your child may like you (or seem to like you) at the time, they are not learning any lessons. They have all agency and no accountability. Anything goes in this household because the priority is not how to teach the child, rather how to make the child happy for a time. The final type, and probably the most successful, is authoritative. I see this as a combination of the two. There is high love and high standards in this type of parenting. The parents are proactive, not reactive. They teach their children both agency and accountability while loving and providing for them. Heavenly Father exemplifies this type of parenting perfectly.