Example of tailoring parenting style to individual child
"At the time, I chafed at such rigid structures... Yet, looking back, I realise how this sort of parenting helped me become the person I am today. The supervision, discipline and structure helped give me a form of security in my life."
Reinforcement vs Punishment Psychology [Examples]
Reinforcement and punishment are often used as parenting tools to modify children’s behavior. Let’s review the difference between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement, and the difference in outcomes between them. The Difference Between Positive And Negative Reinforcement In behavioral psychology, reinforcement is the introduction of a favorable condition that will make the desired behavior more likely to happen, continue or strengthen in the future1. Because the favorable condition acts as a reward, reinforcement is a reward-based operant conditioning. There are two types of reinforcement: positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.
How Tiger Moms and hovering parents can damage a child’s ability to cope with life’s challenges
Even if you were horrified at the idea of hovering over your child as Amy Chua did in her polarising 2011 bestseller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, I’m betting there was a part of you that looked at her perfect children with at least a tinge of envy. As portrayed in the book, Chua’s magic formula of no play dates, no TV and always being No. 1 in everything (except for gym and drama, of course) ended up producing two girls who were straight-A students and who also were wildly talented in music. Oh, and they both ended up going to Harvard University. Critics predicted that daughters Sophia and Lulu would end up being “mentally ill, friendless robots”, according to a recent “where are they now” profile in The Telegraph in the UK.
What Is Permissive Parenting? - Experts Explain Permissive Parenting
While permissive parents are often very responsive and loving, this parenting style is defined by having no rules.The term was developed by psychologist Diana Baumrind, who studied preschoolers and found their parents mostly fit into three main parenting styles: authoritative parenting, authoritarian parenting, and permissive parenting. (A fourth parenting style, neglectful parenting, was added later to address extremely uninvolved and emotionally distant parents.) Studies show children of permissive parents are more likely to show signs of anxiety and depression, aggression, have bad social skills, and do poorly in school. Permissive parenting can be bad for child development.
Many Singaporeans’ parenting style not helping children succeed - TODAYonline
I was disturbed to read the report “MP proposes piloting cluster of schools without exams, streaming” (Jan 22). In the current debate on how best to restructure the education system, more people seem inclined to wash the outside of a dirty cup and call it clean, but leaving the inside filthy as ever. An examination-free education system would serve only to mask the inadequacies of the current generation of pupils, rather than help them to succeed.
How to Be Happy With Yourself as a Teen: 10 Steps
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Why Parenting Styles Matter When Raising Children
Developmental psychologists have long been interested in how parents affect child development. However, finding actual cause-and-effect links between specific actions of parents and later behavior of children is very difficult. Some children raised in dramatically different environments can later grow up to have remarkably similar personalities. Conversely, children who share a home and are raised in the same environment can grow up to have very different personalities.
Parenting Style Quiz
What does it take to be a good parent? Literature on parenting identifies four main styles: Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive and Uninvolved. These are based on the extent to which parents are responsive (offer warmth and support) and demanding (level of behavioral control). Research has shown that a failure to balance these two key aspects of parenting can have very harmful effects on children and their future conduct. Children who grow up in households where there is too much or too little of one trait (or even worse, no recognizable presence of either), tend to have difficulty with social adjustment and often show poor academic performance.
The relentlessness of modern parenting - TODAYonline
NEW YORK — Parenthood in the United States has become much more demanding than it used to be. Over just a couple of generations, parents have greatly increased the amount of time, attention and money they put into raising children. Mothers who work outside the home spend just as much time tending their children as stay-at-home mothers did in the 1970s. The amount of money parents spend on children, which used to peak when they were in high school, is now highest when they are under 6 and over 18.
More parents seeking help to manage their children, Latest Singapore News - The New Paper
This article is more than 12 months old New Beyond Parental Control (BPC) cases have gone up, even as new admissions to the youth homes run by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) fell to a 15-year low last year. There were 85 new BPC cases last year, the most since 2009, according to preliminary MSF numbers. Parents and caregivers can apply for a BPC order to get help to manage children with behavioural problems. Not all children in such cases are admitted to a youth home, as they may be referred for counselling, given a caution or placed under supervision instead. Of the cases last year, 58 complaints were filed against girls, and 27 against boys.
Mother's permissive parenting harmed sons, court rules in custody battle
A woman has lost custody of her two sons after a judge said she had "significantly failed" the children through permissive parenting, accepting the argument that she acted "more like a friend than a parent" to the two boys. The judge Laura Harris ruled that the boys, aged 11 and 14, should live with their father, who had "demonstrated far better insight" into their needs and who was more in favour of "structure, boundaries and discipline". The boys' behaviour towards adults showed a lack of discipline and structure, said Harris. "I consider the mother's parenting has been permissive, and, although the court must be tolerant of different standards of parenting, I consider the permissive parenting in this case has caused the children harm."
