Parenting Styles -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Parenting Styles

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Patrick Frett

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Date Posted: 17:27:01 03/23/08 Sun

I found the section on parenting styles in chapter 9 to be quite interesting. In fact,this section made me reflect on my cousins and the way that they were raised. I am very close with my cousins but, I always slightly resented them for their parents manner of raising them. My aunt and uncle are firm believers and followers of indulgent parenting. They were really involved but imposed very little with respect to commands and consequences. This in turn led to my cousins to being quite unruly and somewhat wild when they were younger.

Because of this, their family was often the butt of many jokes because their children were viewed as out of control. Now, fast forward ten years, their parenting style remains the same but their children have all developed into exceptional young adults. One is on her way to medical school. Another is on his way to Stanford. The other two are straight A students in high school. I find the transition my cousins made quite extraordinary. Perhaps, indulgent parenting has its benefits. I find it very interesting that this parenting style led to very positive development.

So my question is, can we really make assumptions about parenting styles and how they affect development? And, our my cousins just anomalies?

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Re: Parenting Styles	Melodie Miller	21:35:43 03/23/08 Sun