Different Types of Parenting Styles

This page serves as an index, linking to articles about types of parenting styles. As I get more articles written about the different parenting styles, I will pop up an introduction and a link from this page.

Diana Baumrind Parenting Style

The Diana Baumrind Parenting Style is one of the most common ways of classifying different styles of parenting. Her research into how parents controlled their children and the degree of responsiveness to them led her to develop her Three Parenting Style Model.

Three Parenting Styles

Diana Baumrind's 3 Types of Parenting styles are Authoritarian, Permissive and Authoritative. This article gives an overview of the three parenting styles, and see below for more indepth articles.

Authoritarian Parenting Style

The first of Baumrind's types of parenting styles is the Authoritarian Parenting Style. This article covers the characteristics of this type of parenting style, and according to research, the effects on children.

Permissive Parenting Style

The second of Baumrind's styles of parenting is, Permissive Parenting. This article examines the pros and cons of this parenting style.

Authoritative Parenting Style

Then number three of Baumrind's type of parenting style is the Authoritative Parenting Style. Often called democratic parenting, this article covers the characteristics, research and how children are effected with this type of parenting.

Four Basic Parenting Styles

Macoby and Martin extended Diana Baumrind's research into the different types of parenting styles, and developed a fourth parenting type. This article, gives an overview of their research and the characteristics of the four basic types of parenting styles

For a very good article on the Attachment Parenting, visit Birgitte over at Postitive-Parenting-Ally.com, you'll also find plenty of other parenting information.

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