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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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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 »
