chapter 14: social influences Flashcards
authoritative parenting
warmth and responsiveness with adaptive control techniques
- high parental control
- involved in child life
- explain rules and encourage responsibility
- best outcome for kids
- high self control, self esteem, social maturity
authoritarian parenting
combines high control and little warmth
- hard work, respect, obedience are demanded
- independence discouraged
- dont explain rules or decisions
- children have low self esteem, are unhappy and anxious
indulgent permissive parenting
combines warmth with acceptance with little control
- rarely uses punishment and accepets children behaviour
- children are impulsive, rebelious, poor achievers
ex. reginas mom in mean girls
uninvolved parenting
little warmth or control; generally indifferent
- parents often overwhelmed with stress, little time or energy for children
- provide basic needs but nothing else
- children have low self esteem, are agressive and moody
what is the most effective parenting style
authoritative parenting
- balance bw restrictiveness and autonomy
- engagement in verbal give and take
- warmth relationship
- strong attachment to parents
to be effective, punishment should be:
LESS EFFECTIVE than reinforcement
- applied swiftyly and consistently
- just severe enough to be effective (e.g. timeous)
- explained at a level that the child understands
parenting in middle childhood ( co regulation)
co regulation: parents exercise general oversight while letting children take charge of daily activities
- mutual respect
- monitor from a distance while communicating expectations
changing expectations
parents
- expect proper behaviour
- more critical of misraks
children
- embarrassed at public affection
- less likely to cry, more likely to argue
helicopter parents
hover over childre, often past the time when the child should be independent
changing family system
1950s: nuclear family, 2 heterosexual parents and stay at home mother
1960s and on: significant changes, deviations from the norm
ex. divorce, remarriage, maternal employment, daycare, same sex parents
single parent families
- approx. 25% of canadian children
- either result of divorce or unmarried
- 37% live below low income line
same sex parents
children are no different from children of opposite sex parents in terms of mental health and peer relations
- thru adoption or reproductive tech
divorce
- in canada about 28% of couples divorce; rate peaks in 5th year of marriage
- increase from 1960 to 1985
- almost half of divorces involve children
- major factors: changes in laws and social norms
effects of divorce on children
- the “broken home” is a primary cause of maladjustment and deliquency
- an unsatisafactory marriage is worth keeping together for the sake of children
immediate consequences of divorce
- sharp drop in income
- high maternal stress
- disruption in daily routine
- less effective parenting
- maternal stress, depression, anxiety
effects of divorce depends on 2 things
- childs age
- younger children tend to blame themselves
- older children may suffer depression, engage in undesirable behaviour - childs gender
- boys r at greater risk for serious adjustment problems
- girls face more long term problems
divorce: long term consequences
- most children show improvment after 2 yrs of divorce
- effective parenting is the most important for posiitve results