Permissive Parenting Styles

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They let their children participate in any kind of activity with lack of limitation. They avoid using punishment and do not demand or control major behavior of the children. The children can freely show their emotions and feelings. In some case, permissive parents can also give counseling or reasoning to their children. The children from permissive families (high level of responsiveness and low level of demandingness) are more likely to be involved in behavior problem and perform less well in academic performance but they have higher self-esteem, better social skills and lower levels of

The children from authoritative parents perform better in many domains, such as social competence and self-esteem than those whose parents are non-authoritative. In contrast, uninvolved parenting style is determined as the least effective parenting style compare to other parenting styles.

“Parenting style has been found to predict child well-being in the domains of academic performance, social competence, psychosocial development and behavior problem. Research based on parent interviews, child reports, and parent observations.” However, there is a statement which argues that authoritarian parenting style is more effective for their children to achieve their personal goals eg. Education and career than authoritative parenting styles. On the other hand, if only education and career are the children’s personal achievements, authoritarian parenting may be considered as an effective parenting style. But in fact, Over 800,000 people die by suicide every year. There is one death by suicide in the world every 40 seconds. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29 year-olds. Depression is the leading cause of disability