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Definition
The authoritarian style mainly enforces respect and obedience for instructions and orders through a mechanism of punishment. As a parenting style, it is structured, commanding and control-based.
Inflexible rules are usually very clearly expressed and must be followed to the letter. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Thierry Koehrlen, 23 May 2007 | Filed in
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Series: Loving your children is special
Ah!! Our latest little addition, how we love her!
You must have noticed. We love them so much they become our No. 1 topic of conversation!
It’s very simple. Not content just to live with them on a permanent basis, we talk about them all the time to anybody and everybody. And we go into detail about everything last little thing they do. Anything! They’re exceptionally gifted and the whole world has to know about it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Thierry Koehrlen, 7 May 2007 | Filed in
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Definition
The permissive, or indulgent, style of parenting came to the fore in the 1950s and 60s. Its goal? Freer, better-adjusted children who shape themselves while learning from their experiences.
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Posted by Thierry Koehrlen, 29 April 2007 | Filed in
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My wife Vanessa and I were already talking education before our first child was born.
Now, with hindsight and experience, we can see that our discussions were the product of would-be parents with no experience or expertise in the subject.
A tender mixture of dreams, demands, childhood memories and adulthood desires. First child, first grief! Oddly enough, our little one didn’t quite behave the way our theory had envisaged!! Since then our discussions have been livelier…
I couldn’t find my own style as a father. Read the rest of this entry »
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The love parents bear for their children is very special.
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Posted by Thierry Koehrlen, 27 April 2007 | Filed in
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