Chapter 10 touched upon a variety of topics but the one I found most interesting was Diana Baumrind’s different parenting styles. Parenting styles vary by culture, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and several other factors. Baumrind found that parents differed in the way they raised their children on some different conditions: Expressions of warmth, strategies for discipline, communication, and expectations for maturity (Berger, 264, 2008). She also describes three different patterns of parenting: authoritarian parenting, permissive parenting, and authoritative parenting (Berger, 264, 2008). Authoritarian parenting is strict punishment, sometimes abusive, and not very much communication between child and adults. With permissive parenting there is a lot of nurturing but little discipline. Lastly, authoritative parenting is when the parents have boundaries but are also flexible with their children. Growing up I think I had a pretty good balance between permissive and authoritative parenting. I had a good relationship with my mom. It was a good balance between friendship and parents, knowing when to be a parent and when to be a friend. I think that this is something that all parents should keep in mind.
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