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Parenting

Parenting Styles: Types and Key Differences

The four-styles framework that most current parenting writing draws from has a clear lineage. Diana Baumrind's original 1960s observational work at Be...

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Parenting

The Main Parenting Styles and Their Effects

Most parents are running some mix of these four styles without thinking about it. The framework — developed by Diana Baumrind in the 1960s and extende...

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Parenting

Parenting in the Early Years: Styles, Discipline, and Your Own Wellbeing

Parenting in the early years is perhaps the most consequential work anyone undertakes, and it comes with no training, no performance review, and const...

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Parenting

Why Not Every Popular Parenting Book Fits Everyone

The cycle goes like this: a friend recommends *the* book, you start reading, you can feel how confidently it's written, and three chapters in somethin...

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Family Life

Different Parenting Styles Within One Family

One parent is more structured; the other rolls with things. One sets firm limits on screen time; the other forgets it exists. One responds to tantrums...

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Parenting

Parenting Styles: What the Research Says About Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Approaches

The parenting-style research is one of the longer-running and more replicated bodies of work in developmental psychology. The headline is unusually st...

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