Parenting Flashcards
(39 cards)
There are 2 key ‘dimensions’ to parenting. What are they?
Responsiveness and Demandingness
Parenting style: Demanding and Responsive
Authoritative/Democratic
How does authoritative parenting look in practice?
Parents encourage independence, monitor behaviour, be accepting of their child.
Adolescents do better in school, they are less anxious and depressed, more socially competent, and they are more independent.
Parenting style: Demanding and Unresponsive
Authoritarian
Reciprocal Socialization is…
A bi-directional process by which parents influence
their children, but children also influence their
parents.
What are phase transitions?
A breakdown of old patterns as new patterns emerge
(e.g. parenting strategies for children vs. strategies
for teens).
During such transitions, even minor
events can have major consequences
Parenting style: Undemanding and Unresponsive
Indifferent
How does indifferent parenting look in practice?
Parents are uninvolved in adolescent’s life, with a lack of monitoring.
Adolescents tend to have little interest in school or work, and poor self-control.
How does authoritarian parenting look in practice?
Restrictive/punitive, very restrictive, high control and limited affection.
Adolescents are dependent, passive, and less self-assured; their self esteem and communication levels are quite low.
Parenting Style: Responsive & Undemanding
Indulgent
How does indulgent parenting look in practice?
Parents tend to be warm/responsive, highly involved, with few demands or controls.
Adolescents are more immature, irresponsible, more easily influenced by friends and peers, and they expect to get their own way.
If a parent is perceived as being very strict but somewhat warm they are practicing…
Traditional parenting.
What is Helicopter Parenting and what are the consequences of it being enacted on adolescents?
It is an over-solicitous, overbearing, and micro-managing parenting style.
Poor psychological health, substance abuse, low self-efficacy and dependency, lowered self-esteem, low autonomy and coping skills are the main consequences.
Mothers are typically also their adolescent’s ________
Managers. Although not as much in same-sex or more ‘contemporary’ families.
What are the 5 C’s of positive youth development according to Lerner?
Competence
Confidence
Connection
Character
Caring/compassion
What is the 6th C produced by the 5 C’s of positive youth development?
Contribution
How can we facilitate positive youth development?
Do our part to provide a breadth of positive and sustained adult relationships (caring and competent adults, includes parents, friends, teachers, mentors).
Encourage participation in life-skill building activities (select positive goals or purposes, how to pursue those goals effectively, how to compensate if we face challenges/failure).
Provide opportunities to be a leader in family, school and community activities.
Define emotional autonomy
The capacity to let go of childlike dependencies on
parents.
(adolescents de-idealize their parents, perceive parents as
people, and become less dependent on parents for
immediate emotional support)
Define behaviour autonomy
The ability to make one’s own decisions and take responsibility for one’s actions and their consequences.
What is behavioral control?
Setting rules, limits or restrictions on a child’s activities (structuring, tracking, monitoring).
T/F: Higher behavioural control is linked to less delinquency, less drug and alcohol use, and less risky sexual activity.
True.
What is psychological control?
Attempting to influence thoughts, feelings and
attachment to the parent (love withdrawal, guilt,
shame).
If an adolescent is experiencing/presenting anxiety, depression, withdrawn behaviour & is disclosing very little, the parent probably has a ______ control style.
Psychological.
Adolescent-parent conflict peaks during grade _____.
9, obviously.
