Parenting Styles
Kohn: This theory is more split on emphasizing the individual or society.
Conformity: conforming to the ways of society, the rules that are set up for everyone to follow in their respective roles. A working class model with emphasis on occupations that are routine with strong supervision. It's more of a group work thing where all the parts of the machine have to run well, so each person must do their part correctly.
Self-direction: this part focuses more on the child/individual. It looks at a child's motives and desires. A big goal is development of the mind in waya of curiosity, reasoning, considering different possiblities and self control.
Baumrind: This theorist has 3 styles of parenting, having to do with organization, cohesion, involvment and intelect.
Authoritarian: very strict parent, child has to follow rules, no going around it. Punishment often used to control.
Permissive: this parent lets the child do whatever they want, they do not set rules or boundries for the child. They do allow for them to express themselves, but the lack of concern for rules often leads to problems.
Uninvolved: this parent just doesn't do anything. They don't set up rules, they don't invest time in the child, and they don't provide necessary support
Authoritative: this parent encourages the child to explore and express themselves. At the same time they setup rules and responsabilites for the child. They focus on autonomy and using positive reinforcement.
Lareau: This theorist breakes up parenting into two categories
Concerted cultivation: in which parents provide for the child, while also providing them with support, and showing support aswell as helping to grow their abilities.
Accomplishment of natural growth: this is when parents mainly focus on the necesities, making sure the child is fed, clothed, and sheltered. This part assumes that development will happen spontaneously.
Of the three theorist's, I like Baumrind's the best. It seems that elements of Kohn and Lareau's theories are included in Baumrind's. I feel though, that a parent can be more then one of these styles, and that it greatly depends on the situation. A parent can be generally one main style, but fluctuate in and out of other styles depending on what is going on with them, the child or the family situation. Also, parents can change parenting styles over time, depending on if they got divorced, or had more children, etc. I think this is why kids always say that the first born always has it the hardest, I think it may be because new parents start out a little mre authoritarian, and become more authoritative as they parent and learn more.
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