This paper must be considered within the larger parenting context. Nurturance, age-appropriate autonomy, skill development, family routines, and family rituals are some of the characteristics of optimal parent-child relationships. These characteristics are important in their own right and also important for setting the stage for optimal disciplinary responses. Those responses should reflect the best balance of love and firmness. Hopefully, this paper will help parents and parent educators clarify that appropriate balance. Table 2. Significant Differences Between Authoritative Parents vs. Authoritarian and Permissive Parents Parenting vs. vs. Measure Authoritarian Permissive Parental Control Positive outcome by * persistence Doesn't give in * * to whining Avoids evasion as response to * child Less disciplinary * friction Coordination & clarity of * household rules Effectiveness * of rules Source of power not * disguised Strictness Care of family * property (F) Neatness (F) * Orderliness responsibilities * * (M/F) Negative sanctions
This paper must be considered within the larger parenting context. Nurturance, age-appropriate autonomy, skill development, family routines, and family rituals are some of the characteristics of optimal parent-child relationships. These characteristics are important in their own right and also important for setting the stage for optimal disciplinary responses. Those responses should reflect the best balance of love and firmness. Hopefully, this paper will help parents and parent educators clarify that appropriate balance. Table 2. Significant Differences Between Authoritative Parents vs. Authoritarian and Permissive Parents Parenting Measure vs. Authoritarian vs. Permissive Parental Control Positive outcome by persistence * Doesn't give in to whining * * Avoids evasion as response to child * Less disciplinary friction * Coordination & clarity of household rules * Effectiveness of rules * Source of power not disguised * Strictness Care of family property (F) * Neatness (F) * Orderliness responsibilities (M/F) * * Negative sanctions
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