Authoritarian vs. Authoritative parenting Children do not come with guidelines or instructions. What they do come with is a crucial set of physical and emotional needs that need to be met. To raise children properly, parents duties are not limited to just food, shelter and protection. Parents are largely responsible for their children’s success in life. Parents are required to teach and educate children. They have to shape knowledge and character into their children to prepare them to face the real world. To be successful with this, parents must provide self esteem needs, teach moral and values and provide discipline that is both effective and appropriate. As the generations have changed, many parenting styles have evolved, as well.
The differences between and authoritarian and authoritative parents is overwhelming. Every parent has their own parenting style. My mother and I do not share the same parenting styles, but what we do share is a love and devotion for our children and family. My mother may not be the best mother but she did love us and devote her time into us being a family. She has taught me that no matter how hard times are family is always there. I have taught my children the same. My mother has taught us all responsibility. Children need responsibility to be able to survive in the world. My children have learned from a young age that they have to be responsible. Sometimes you have to be the bad guy when parenting to keep children from hurting themselves. A parent must stay true to their beliefs and straight forward with their children, what make children happy today may not make them happy in the future. Although my mother and I have different approaches to parenting, such as our parental responsiveness and parental demandingness, we each set off on this journey of parenthood with the same hopes and dreams. We each want nothing but the best for our children. A parent has to guide and steer children into the right direction, without direction children will get lost in an unforgiving world that they are not prepared to handle. There are many approaches to parenting. My mother has hers and I have mine but overall the goal is the same; for our children to