Parenting styles
Uninvolved parents
Authoritarian
Effect on children
How the parents treat children
Do not respond to or demand much from their children.
Lacking guidance or responsibility, these children learn to fend for themselves and resent attempts by other adults to set limits on them.
Begin getting into trouble at school at an early age, performed poorly, have low self-esteem, and experience higher levels of depression and substance abuse later in life.
Authoritative
Indulgent
How their parents treat children
Highly responsive to the needs of their children, but do not demand much from them entitled and demanding
Effect on children
How the parents treat children
Authoritarian parents are highly directive and if children don't follow the ruler's demands they will punish back and is not very responsive to their children.
Children of authoritarian parents tend to stay out of trouble and do moderately well in school, but having been treated as though their needs did not matter. Their capacity for empathy is impaired and they have poorer social skills. They also have lower self-esteem and suffer higher rates of depression later in life.
Effect on children
These children get into trouble and perform poorly in school. Though they tend to have better social skills and higher self-esteem.
How the parents treat children
Effect on children
The parent retains full veto power these parents recognize and rely on the power of their own authority as parents.
Their children's needs and hold their children to high standards of behavior. Modeling the way mature adults can disagree strongly, but remain respectful of each other. Emotional and psychological autonomy are valued.