Top Research Papers on Parenting Styles

In this brief overview, the author contrasts two current parenting styles: Attachment Parenting and Babywise Parenting.

Parenting styles reflect variations in the attitudes and practices of parents, and comprise discrete parenting behaviors. “Parenting style” refers to a cluster of parental practices that produce relatively stable and identifiable patterns in child adjustment outcomes. Parental authority is a key concept within parenting styles research, and refers to the type and extent of discipline used by parents in carrying out parental authority (i.e., behavioral control versus psychological control). Research on parenting evolved out of an increased interest in leadership styles, and particularly authori...

This review discusses Attachment Parenting and Babywise Parenting, two current parenting styles that have become popular in the United States.

Data tell us that mammalian care patterns are based on the composition of mammalian milk suggesting that human infants cannot tolerate long intervals between their feedings and that, following the wisdom of nature, babies should be fed on cue, i.e. self-demand.

The parenting style recommended in On Becoming Babywise is, in my opinion, a dangerous program that pediatricians must be aware of so they can caution new parents to be discerning.

Dear Members: AAP News recently (April May 1998) presented both sides of a discussion on a controversial parenting style promoted in the book "On Becoming Babywise," published by Growing Families International. The Commentaries evoked many impassioned responses from members and nonmembers alike, particularly regarding demand feedings vs. scheduled feedings. While the Academy has allowed this discussion in its membership publication, it nonetheless standts by its latest policy statement (December 1997 , Pediatrics ), which states: "Newborns should be nursed whenever they show signs of hunger...

I must strongly disagree with Dr. Aney9s surprisingly harsh and overly judgmental criticism of the book, On Becoming Babywise. The feedback and reports I receive from parents using the principles outlined in Babywise have been extremely positive. For many families, utilizing a scheduled infant feeding program brings a welcome degree of organization to a busy household. This often is an imperative strategy for families in which both parents work outside the home.

I have been successfully using On Becoming Babywise in my general pediatric practice for the last several years. I have found it to be a very helpful resource for parents. I think any negative outcomes associated with this material is due to the misapplication of the principles.

I have been a pediatrician in a busy practice in Johnson City, Tenn., for 18 years, and like most pediatricians, I was taught, and for many years advised parents, that demand feeding their children was the best, most nurturing course to follow.

The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the latest research on the peculiari - ties of personality formation in families with different parenting styles. The concept of upbring - ing, parenting styles

Parenting style is a direct factor affecting the development of children. Different parenting styles have different impacts on children. This paper will review the concept, measurement tools and related research literature of parenting style to help us to have a comprehensive understanding of parenting style.

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This study aimed to understand Miriam college students through the parenting styles that they experience and through their own perceptions of what parenting styles their parents use. Subjects were some freshman students and their parents who attended a parent-daughter activity. The Michael Popkin Questionnaire on Parenting Style was used. There was no single distinct parenting style that parents perceived they were using and that students experienced. Demographic variables did not affect the perception of the parents and experience of the students on the different parenting styles. There was a...

The parenting style plays a very important role in the development of children.And it has drawn many psychologists' attention for a long time.This thesis sums up the developments of parenting styles of many main researches on children development in China and foreign countries.Most important of all,this thesis presents the theories and status quo of parenting styles in recent years.The author analyzes the structure and the developmental tendency of parenting styles.

Parental educational styles constitute one of the key elements of family socialization. The aim of the present essay is to present the results of a research project carried out in the Principality of Asturias (Spain) among 2,965 families with children of infant and primary-school age (5-8 years old). This research attempts to analyse, among other aspects, parental behaviour tendencies in child upbringing. The analysis of the results obtained allows us to: 1) identify the most common attitudinal and behavioural tendencies of parents in the upbringing of their children; 2) determine how many peo...

Through this project I have enlightened parents on the four classified parenting styles. I have found that there is a wealth of information on parenting styles in the United States, China, and Europe; yet it is not a well known subject. Throughout this paper there are examples, benefits, and disadvantages of the different parenting styles. Fifteen parents attending Sunny Sky’s Children’s Center completed a survey pertaining to their knowledge of effective parenting and parenting styles. As an action towards this project and at the request of parents participating, I prepared a packet of inform...

This chapter examines parenting styles and parenting practices related to children’s moral behavior. In the first part of the chapter, parenting styles, dimensions of parenting styles, and parenting practices, including induction, power assertion, love withdrawal, rewards, and experiential learning, are presented as main effects in predicting children’s moral behavior. The literature associated with individual dimensions of warmth and behavioral control is examined as well. Next, the literature that examines bidirectional effects between parents and children in predicting moral behavior is exa...

A parenting style refers to a cluster of parental practices that produce relatively stable and identifiable patterns of child adjustment. Parenting styles reflect variations in the attitudes and practices of parents, and are comprised of discrete parenting behaviors, including disciplinary tactics. Baumrind's parenting styles typology represents the leading typological approach to parenting, and has dominated the parent–child research agenda for the last 50 years. This entry examines the historical context in which the typology emerged, as well as its theoretical and research foundations. It i...

Does the economy influence the way people bring up their children? How can we determine and measure a child’s utility? How can parenting styles be categorized in an economic model? These are the questions that Professor Fabricio Zilibotti of the University of Zurich addressed in his honorary lecture ‘Parenting with Style’, which he delivered at the April International Academic Conference during the 5th LCSR international workshop ‘Social and Cultural Changes in Cross-National Perspective: Subjective Well-being, Trust, Social capital and Values’. The session was moderated by Prof. Konstantin So...

ABSTRACT This article presents a synthesis of our prior work in consumer socialization of children. We focus discussion on parents as consumer-socialization agents and offer a review of the effects of parents as agents of children's consumer socialization as moderated by parental styles. Our research has uncovered one particular parental style—“authoritatives”—that appears to be more engaged in consumer socialization. We also review the more limited work on how parental styles may actually influence children and suggest avenues for future research that incorporates the parental style framework...