MOTHERHOOD: PARENTING STYLES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT – PART 7

Pleasant mothers! I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s post. We’ve been talking about parenting styles and how they affect our children’s growth and development. We’ve discovered that our parenting styles can build up our children physically, spiritually, or emotionally. It can have an impact on how they perceive, see, and treat others, as well as how they react to whatever life throws at them.

 
In our previous episode, we discussed the fourth parenting style, Uninvolved or Neglectful Parenting. We discussed that mothers who adopt more of this parenting style do not set limits for their children, they are unconcerned about their children’s attitudes, and thus do not discipline them. They spend little time with their children and are unresponsive to their needs. They appear to be too busy for their children, perhaps unintentionally, as a result of parental experience or work stress.
 
We also discovered that the children of such mothers are emotionally withdrawn, rely on others to make decisions, are subject to abuse, feel unloved, and are frequently anxious. We Mothers have a special affection for our children. We hope that they will grow into Great Adults. We want our children to be brave and to excel in everything they do. Every mother rejoices when her children succeed academically, professionally, and personally. This type of great achievement for our children is possible with God’s help, as well as our parenting styles.

It is good for mothers to pray for God’s assistance in raising their children, but we must complement our prayers with appropriate parenting styles. Keep in mind James 2: 26 – “Faith without work is dead. Therefore, when we pray for our children to excel academically, professionally, and in character, to be great adults who are self-assured while remaining respectful. We must complement it with an effective parenting style.

According to studies, no one uses a single parenting style. Everyone, consciously or unconsciously, adopts two or more parenting styles. However, to achieve the outcomes we desire for our children, we must adopt a more authoritative parenting style. Authoritative parenting was also regarded as the best parenting style by psychologists. This is because it allows children to be disciplined, boundaries set, and heard and loved all at the same time. Mothers who are more authoritative in their parenting styles raise children who excel academically, have better relationship/social skills, and are capable of problem-solving.

If you found out that you are more of an uninvolved Mother and you are worried about its effect on the child’s development? Probably, you want to be more authoritative in your parenting style so that your child can grow to become a great adult, psychologically, socially, career-wise, and spiritually. Join me in my next article, I will be discussing the strategies that you can use to be more of an authoritative Mother.
Please share your views on this topic with me. Thank you.

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