"Because I said so..."

In chapter 7 we discuss how important family was to a developing child/adolescents. We spoke about how family systems as a whole effect and impact everyone involved. We also spoke about different styles of parenting. Based on your parenting style- if you are a parent- will greatly effect you child's attachment style to the world around him/her. If you were raised by a certain parent style, take some time now to determine how that effects the way you see yourself and connect with the world around you. The four main parenting styles are:

"•Authoritarian parenting

•High control with little warmth

•Hard work, respect, and obedience are encouraged

•There is little give-and-take and parents do not explain their decisions

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•Authoritative parenting

•Control with warmth and responsiveness

•They explain rules and encourage

•Children of indulgent-permissive parents are often impulsive and easily frustrated

•Children of indifferent-uninvolved parents often have low self-esteem, and are aggressive, impulsive, and moody  

I was raised with a mixed of Authoritarian, Authoritative and Indifferent-univolved parent styles. As you can imagine, I had alot to nagivate through in life. Just from my personal experiences, an Authoritarian parent style works best to produce independent and conscious minded  and considerate children.