Parenting Styles

How Can Parenting Styles Impact the Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Development in

Early Childhood?

A permissive parenting style is characterized by high responsiveness, open
communication, and low demandingness, and setting rules and expectations is rare. Notably,
permissive parenting promotes the social development of children as it encourages open
communication. Regarding emotional development, this parenting style improves emotional
development as parents often attend to the emotional needs of the children. A permissive
parenting style negatively affects a child’s cognitive development as it does not encourage the
enforcement of rules and direction (Sumargi et al., 2020). Additionally, the authoritarian
parenting style is characterized by low responsiveness, a set of clear rules, one-way
communication, and high demandingness. This parenting style does not promote the social
development of children because they are often aggressive and socially inept.
Authoritarian parenting does not promote children’s cognitive development, especially as
they cannot make their own decisions (Sumargi et al., 2020). Remarkably, this parenting type
negatively affects children’s emotional development because the children have anger issues and
are resentful. Also, authoritative parenting promotes the social development of children due to
frequent communication and cognitive development, as children are self-disciplined and think
rationally. This type of parenting allows for emotional growth as parents are supportive and meet
the needs of their children (Kuppens & Ceulemans, 2019). At the same time, neglectful parenting
undermines children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development because parents do not meet
the needs of their children, including emotional support and direction.
Why Understanding Each Parenting Styles can be Helpful in a Clinical Setting

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Parenting styles impact a child’s health, including weight, cognitive development, and
self-esteem. The best parenting style promotes a child’s welfare and growth. In a clinical setting,
a nurse should understand all parenting styles to determine the causative factors of a child’s
problem to establish the best medical intervention (Smetana, 2017).
Discuss Which Parenting Style may be Identified in a “Mandatory Reporting” Case
In mandatory reporting cases, the law forces a parent to disclose abuse and neglect cases.
That being said, the authoritarian parenting style may be identified in a mandatory reporting case
because children have limited say in the stringent rules imposed by their parents (Jadon &
Tripathi, 2017). Such parents may become violent when children fail to follow their rules.
Whether the Most Common Parenting Style has Changed Over the Last Decade
The authoritative parenting style, regarded as the most common parenting model, has
changed over time for numerous reasons. First, mass media (both mainstream and social media)
has helped create awareness about child abuse; thus, parents have become cautious about treating
their children well to avoid legal issues. Additionally, the most common parenting style has
changed because parents share equal responsibility in child care regardless of separation or
divorce (Yaffe, 2020).

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References

Jadon, P. S., & Tripathi, S. (2017). Effect of authoritarian parenting style on self-esteem of the
child: A systematic review. International Journal of Advanced Research and Innovative
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Kuppens, S., & Ceulemans, E. (2019). Parenting styles: A closer look at a well-known concept.
Journal of child and family studies, 28(1), 168-181.
Smetana, J. G. (2017). Current research on parenting styles, dimensions, and beliefs. Current
Opinion in Psychology, 15, 19-25.
Sumargi, A., Prasetyo, E., & Ardelia, B. (2020). Parenting styles and their impacts on child
problem behaviors. Jurnal Psikologi, 19(3), 269-285.
https://doi.org/10.14710/jp.19.3.269-285
Yaffe, Y. (2020). Systematic review of the differences between mothers and fathers in parenting
styles and practices. Current Psychology, 1-14.