Parenting Styles: Impact To The Adolescents
Option #2. Read the following article:
Simons, L. G. & Conger, R. D. (2007). Linking mother–father differences in parenting to a typology of family parenting styles and adolescent outcomes. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 212-241.
It also can be downloaded directly to your computer using the instructions found in Option #1.
This article addressesthe issue of differences in parenting styles between fathers and mothers and what affect that might have on adolescents. Now, equipped with the information about effective parenting styles found in this article, interview a parent of a teenager (not a family member). Ask this parent:
does he or she believe that hormone changes made his or her adolescent behave in peculiar ways.
what did he or she think it would be like to parent an adolescent ….did he or she worry about it?
find out which parenting style the parent believes they use the most.
find out if the parent believes that he or she gets into more or less conflict with his or her adolescent and what kinds of things do they fight about.
Write a report about the article and your discussion with a parent of an adolescent. The report should be around 700 to a 1000 words long (maybe 3 or 4 pages double spaced). Include in your report:
what you thought about the article …. was it hard to read, did it make sense to you, do you think parents use similar or different parenting styles?
what kind of parenting style did the parent think he or she used and how did he or she think it was working?
finally, indicate what impact you think parents have on adolescents, especially the one you interviewed.
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