Baumrinds Parenting

Styles
Powerpoint by
Anna Jones and Jamie Rogers

Introduction to Parenting Styles

During the 1960s psychologist Diana Baumrind identified
four important dimensions of parenting after conducting a
study on over 100 pre-school children using parental
interviews and naturalistic observations.
These four aspects that led to her classifications of
parenting styles are:

Disciplinary strategies
Warmth and Nurturance
Communication Styles
Expectations of Maturity and Control

Based on these dimensions, Baumrind decided that parents

show one of the four types of parenting styles with their
children:
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative

- Indulgent
- Neglectful

Authoritarian Parenting
Style: Restrictive,
controlling,
demanding

Punishment: Frequent
spanking, shows
anger

Communication:

Result: Children of

Little verbal exchange or

sayings such as, you do
it my way or else.
Enforces rules but does
not explain them.

Authoritarian parents are

often anxious, unhappy
and fearful. They do not
initiate in activities with
others and have weak
communication skills.

Examples of
Authoritarian Parenting

Authoritarian parents are unreasonable in their demands

and utilize harsh punishments for wrong doings that could
be corrected through examples or positive reinforcement.
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Authoritative Parenting
Style:
Encouraging,
warm, nurturing,
constructive

Punishment:
explains
consequences
and reasoning
behind them.

Communication: Results: children of

authoritative parents
give-and-take,
are often cheerful and
positive
outgoing, achievement
oriented and strive to
feedback,
meet their goals. They
praise, opencope well with stress
ended
and have good
relationships with

Examples of
Authoritative Parenting
-Authoritative parents use equality
to explain their demands and
the reasons behind them.
-They get on their level to speak to
their children about following rules.
-They use positive reinforcement
and praise often.
- Children who are raise by
authoritative
parents are more willing to go to
them
for help and comforting.
-They feel a better sense of trust
and belonging.
-These children are cooperative
and

Neglectful Parenting
Style: Uninvolved

Punishment: Few
cases of punishment
due to uninvolvement

Communication:

Result: Children of

Little communication
which leads to the childs
sense that parents other
aspects or life are much
more important.

Authoritarian parents are

often socially
incompetent, lack of selfcontrol, low self-esteem,
immature, and are not
successful with
independence

Examples of
A neglectful parent always
Neglectful
puts his/her needs and
wants as first priority.
Parenting
Usually experiencing
financial, emotional and
social stress, neglectful
parents are unable to
encourage, teach or enable
their children.

Involvement in
addictive behaviors and
lack of support or
friendship can
oftentimes leave
children of neglectful

Indulgent/Permissive Parenting
Style: Highly involved Punishment: Allow
with children but
children to do as they
place few demands or please
controls on them
Communication:
Parents believe this
will foster a creative,
confident child.
Overindulge verbally
and materialistically

Result: These children

will rarely learn
respect for others
and have difficulty
controlling their
behavior. Might be
domineering,
egocentric, and noncompliant

Indulgent Parenting Continued

Responsive but undemanding
Oftentimes create children who
are demanding and selfish
rather than loving and
supportive
Children typically possess good
self-esteem and excellent social
skills but can be less motivated
in school because they are not
held accountable for their own
behavior
Children are often impulsive,
aggressive and lack
independence

Baumrinds Parenting Styles

Accepting, Responsive

Rejecting,
Unresponsive

Demanding, Controlling

Authoritative

Authoritarian

Undemanding, Uncontrolling

Indulgent

Neglectful

Punishment
The most successful way to increase a
desired behavior is to use positive reinforcement.

Because you're late to

work one morning, you
drive
over the speed limit
through
a school zone. As a
result,
you get pulled over by a

Negative
Reinforcement
is to remove a
negative stimulus
following
a response. This
is the least
successful way to
increase a desired
behavior.

When something desired is taken away

in order to decrease a certain behavior,
it is
called Negative Punishment. This is the
least effective of all punishments.

Co-parenting
Support given by
each parent when
raising a child
Poor co-parenting
can place children at
risk
Research shows coparenting as more
beneficial than either
maternal or paternal
parenting in terms of
development

Resources
Cherry, Kendra. (n.d.). Parenting styles. Retrieved from
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/pa
renting-style.htm
Dubai, Helen. (2011). Permissive parenting style. Retrieved from
http://www.consistent-parenting-advice.com/permissiveparenting-style.html
Dubai, Helen. (2011). Uninvolved parenting style. Retrieved from
http://www.consistent-parenting-advice.com/uninvolved
parenting-style.html
Kidsplane. (n.d.). Parenting styles. Retrieved from
http://www.kidsplane.com/parents/parenting_style/index.html
Santrock, J. W. (2012). Essentials of Life-Span Development. (2nd
ed.) New York: NY.