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     Today in class, we learned about sensitive periods for cultural socialization, touching on a variety of topics including cultural learning variations, cultural parenting/sleeping variations, and different classifications of attachment styles. I specifically was interested in the effects of parenting styles and their classifications, based on Baumrind’s (1997) research. According to Baumrind, there are 4 different parenting styles, each impacting children exposed to these parenting styles differently. Firstly, there is Authoritarian parenting, which is centered around the parents being very demanding, enforcing strict rules and minimal dialogue and showing of emotion. Authoritative parenting is the parenting style that maintains high expectations for the child, but also fosters strong personal relationships with the child, and also allows for some limited independence for the child, with a focus on the child’s wellbeing, and was found to yield the best results for children. Permissive parenting involves lots of dialogue between child and parent, as well as lots of warmth and minimal limitations. Neglectful parenting is the style of parenting that contains unresponsive or downright neglectful parenting.

 

                  Upon learning about this concept in class, I began to think about which type of parenting style I was subjected to during my youth. Based on my experiences growing up, I think it would be safe to assume that I was subjected to the authoritative style of parenting by my parents. My parents always had high expectations for me regarding sports, school and socialization, but were very open with me about everything and I was always able to communicate well with them. I was always shown affection and responsiveness by my parents and was often given opportunities to explore social life on my own. I feel as though I certainly benefitted from my parents parenting style. However, my younger siblings (3 younger sisters) were exposed to a different parenting style, what I perceived as a more permissive form of parenting. They were given much more freedom, and less pressure and expectations that I as the eldest received. It will be interesting to see how they develop as they progress through infancy/adolescence and to see how they act as adults based on their development while being exposed to a different parenting style than I was, while also living in the same household and with the same parents as me. (#1)

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