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1、Parenting and Children’s Development The family is a place in which children learn to interpret reality. Parents serve as significant interpreters for children of information about the world and children#39;s abilities. They are children’s first teachers. Parents want their children to gro
2、w into socially mature individuals, and they may feel frustrated in trying to discover the best way to accomplish this development. Parenting styles are broad patterns of child rearing practices, values, and behaviors. According to Diana Baumrind, four types of parenting styles are in
3、dulgent (more responsive than demanding), authoritarian (highly demanding and directive but not responsive), authoritative (both demanding and responsive), and indulgent (low in responsiveness and demanding ness) Children from authoritarian family are often aggressive, fearful, and anxio
4、us, they often have weak communication skills. Children associated with authoritative parenting, are happy, cheerful, self-controlled and cope with stress. Children from indulgent family are aggressive, spoiled, and noncompliant, they have difficulties in peer relations. Children associate
5、d with neglectful parenting are lack of self-control, social incompetence and delinquency. Children’s emotions are often affected by parenting. Parents are kids’ first important teachers. According to John Gottman, “Parents are kids’ emotion coachers, and they teach their kids strategie
6、s to deal with life’s ups and downs. Even more than IQ, emotional awareness and ability to handle feelings will determine one’s success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships”(P20-21). So it’s very important to use good parenting at home. Authoritative parenting
7、s is the best parenting style, because it is good for children’s emotion development, and because authoritative parents acknowledge their children’s feelings and accept them unconditionally, they can set acceptable standards, and they help to promote children’
