Parenting Affects a Child's Personality

Humans don’t enter the world with a developed personality springing forth from their genes. Rather, babies enter the world with just a temperament which is later formed into a personality with experiences at school, with friends, siblings and most of all, by parents. Developmental Psychology says not all kids are affected by good/bad parenting in the same way. Some are less affected while others are emotionally harmed by their care taker’s behavior.

“The kids born 1995-2010 have the stormiest inner lives at stake in family dynamics. Why?”

The awareness of parenting became popular after 2010 where parents realized its importance. Parenting style has a big impact on how children, particularly adolescence develop into adults. Let’s discuss the parenting styles and their implications for successful children and leaders.

1   Authoritarian - Rules and Dominating:

Establishing control over the child. Punitive and likely believes in the ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ technique. Children here lack social and communication skills that are important for #leadership.

“It’s either my way or the highway!”

If the parent said no, it means no! The main focus is on only punishments. The parent enforces the once made rule consequence on the child with very little regard of his opinion. Their children tend to have the maximum self-esteem issues since their opinions aren’t valued. With emotions of aggressiveness, some of them become good liars to avoid punishments.

1   Uninvolved  - No Engagement:

Parents here don’t engage in their parenting role; they ideally hire a babysitter for their kids. Their children later have difficulty following rules due to lack of adherence in their upbringing. With little to no communication skills and self-control results in behavior problems.

“Parents don’t devote time or energy to their children.”

Along with the deficit of the knowledge about child development with simply being overwhelmed about issues such as work, paying bills and managing the household. Their children lack self-esteem with behavioral problems and low happiness.

1    Authoritative and Permissive- Warmth and Interaction:

A parent with being a ‘friend for life’ zone. They provide great deal of communication with few rules and restrictions. Their children muster in creativity, it also creates a once-sided interpersonal relationship where the indulgent parent is more willing to take then give.

“Encouraging the child to be more open”

But they won’t discourage the child for making poor choices. Children with such parenting struggle with academics with behavioral problems since brought up with no authority or rules. They also tend to have low self-esteem with a depressed state of mind.

“With an attitude of kids will be kids, the permissive parent begins his parenting journey.”

Parenting can fit into multiple categories, there are times where one tends to be permissive and then there are other times where being authoritative does the job. A child’s personality depends on how adroitly the parenting is done.

“Maintaining a positive relationship along with establishing authority in a healthy manner does the job!”