Parenting Styles

Kohl's parenting style consist of two styles. These two styles indicates that parents value traits in their children that reflects the parent's world. Lower income families emphasize conformity, are likely to raise their children to stay out of trouble, and provide them with traits to help them survive in the working class society. In contrast, higher income parents are likely to have careers that requires them to be sociable and independent. This involves self-direction and these parents prepare their children with these skills to help them in life.

Lareau's parenting styles indicates that social class strongly differs in the ways parents interact with their children. Concerted cultivation shows that middle class parents has a greater presence in their children's lives such as scheduling, participating in sports, and various extracurricular activities that will transmit important life skills. In contrast, parents in the working class engage their children in the accomplishment of natural growth. These parents have less time to spend with their children and do not have the money to hire professional help. This also causes the parents to have less time to get involved with their child schooling and activities.

Baumrind has three styles of parenting. Authoritarian parents demonstrate high parental control and low parental warmth. Permissive parents demonstrate high parental warmth and low parental control. Authoritative parents demonstrate appropriate levels of both parental control and warmth.

Kohn's self-direction styles is similar to Baumrind's Authoritative parent style and Lareau's concerted cultivation style. These theories share similarities with parents having high interest in their children characteristic skills needed in life.

Out of the three theories, I found Baumrind's Authortative parenting styles the best. These parents set their children standards, but also allow their child to have choices. Overall, these parents recognize the good things that their child does.