Authoritative Parenting - Articles
Parenting Posts: This piece, ori...
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Dr. Kalea Chapman
... n July 2007, has garnered a lot of page views. It is one of a series on parenting difficulties.Strict, lax, and flexible. In psychology, we say authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. These terms based on the research of Baumrind (1971). Sharon Jablon, Ph.D., who runs a test prep workshop for the national licensing exam in psychology (EPPP), ...
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Parenting Posts: I’ve got quite ...
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Dr. Kalea Chapman
... ve got quite a few of these lined up. Here’s one theorist’s view on different parenting styles.Strict, lax, and flexible. In psychology, we say authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. These terms based on the research of Baumrind (1971). Sharon Jablon, Ph.D., who runs a test prep workshop for the national licensing exam in psychology (EPPP), ...
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Strict, Lax, or Flexible Parenting Styles?
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Dr. Kalea Chapman
... ought the post on how to deal with a 3-year-old’s tantrum would have generated more interest.) Strict, lax, and flexible. In psychology, we say authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. These terms based on the research of Baumrind (1971). Sharon Jablon, Ph.D., who runs a test prep workshop for the national licensing exam in psychology (EPPP), ...
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Bisphenol-a: Brouhaha Overblown?
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Dr. Polly
Might we have overreacted by throwing out the baby bottles? Okay, this spring we all heard about the evils lurking in baby bottles, sippy cups, and other clear hard plastic items with Bisphenol-A (BPA). We read about mice with tissue changes "associated with cancer." We read about bottles leaching unsafe levels of BPA, estrogenic effects and carci ...
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Parenting : The way you interact with your kid
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My Lovely Grandma
... ves. The downside of this style of parenting is that children often rebel against their parent’s authority, while the positive is that they develop a sense of responsibility. Authoritative parenting: Slightly different from authoritarian but run along the same principle that rules are important, this parenting style also exercises high levels of c ...
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Health Headlines - August 19
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Meredy
... the study, published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.In a related study, University of Central Florida researchers found that students who said they had at least one authoritative parent (who combines a demanding nature, warmth and democracy) adjust better to college than those with parents who are too authoritarian, neglectful or permissi ...
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Parenting
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drstaceyny ..
... f Pediatrics, revealed that children of authoritarian (strict disciplinarian) parents are five times more likely to be overweight by the first grade than those reared by more authoritative (democratic) parents. True, children of overly permissive and/or neglectful parents were even more likely to be overweight, but the question remains—why would k ...
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For parents
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Carrie A.
I still feel guilty about all of the needless suffering my parents went through in the 6.5 years between my diagnosis and the start of effective treatment. I do know it wasn't my fault- I'm getting a teensy bit better at that. But a diagnosis of an eating disorder in a child is often confusing and (when you start reading) kind of depressing. Don't ...
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Parents
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Jennifer
Everything seems to be trucking along fine. Quickly, as I am about 11 weeks already, but boring and most of the time I forget I'm pregnant. We've told the husbands family and got a better response than I had imagined. I'm waiting until after my next appointment to tell my family and friends. They're the ones that have problems keeping their neg ...
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Parents
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Jennifer
Everything seems to be trucking along fine. Quickly, as I am about 11 weeks already, but boring and most of the time I forget I'm pregnant. We've told the husbands family and got a better response than I had imagined. I'm waiting until after my next appointment to tell my family and friends. They're the ones that have problems keeping their neg ...
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