Venice Winchester Malcolm Campbell English 1102 10/31/2013 "Good" Parents= cademic !

"ccess# $magine that %o"r parents &ere strict' re(ecting' ne)er listened to %o"' and al&a%s ma*ing decisions +or %o" &ith no i+' ands' b"ts' or ma%bes +rom %o", -o& imagine that the% are accepting' &arm b"t inattenti)e' %o"r able to ma*e decisions e)en at a %o"ng age' it.s %o"r &orld %o" do &hat %o" &ant, /r imagine that %o"r parents are attenti)e' sensiti)e to %o"r needs' and &illing to accommodate to %o"r perspecti)e' b"t still in control, 0inall%' imagine that %o"r parents &ere emotionall% detached and &ithdra&n, Which t%pe o+ parent &o"ld %o" &ant# Which one did %o" ha)e# 1esearch sho&s that di++erent parenting st%les can in+l"ence a child.s academic per+ormance as &ell as other characteristics the child &ill de)elop, Clinical and de)elopmental ps%chologist' 2iana 3a"mrind st"died child rearing b% &atching parents interact &ith their preschoolers, !he then came "p &ith three st%les o+ parenting4 a"thoritati)e' a"thoritarian and permissi)e, "thoritati)e parents are &arm'

responsi)e' attenti)e' patient and sensiti)e to the child.s needs' ma*e reasonable demands +or mat"re beha)ior and enco"rage the child to e5press their tho"ghts' desires and +eelings, "thoritarian parents are

cold and re(ecting' engage in coerci)e beha)ioral control' ma*es e5cessi)e demands +or mat"re beha)ior and ma*e all the decisions +or the child, Permissi)e parents are &arm b"t o)erind"lgent or inattenti)e' are la5 in beha)ior control' ma*e +e& or no demands +or mat"re beha)ior and allo&s the child to ma*e man% decisions 63er* 789:, +o"rth parenting st%le &as added later in the 1;<0s' n "nin)ol)ed parent is emotionall% detached and

"nin)ol)ed,

&ithdra&n and ma% neglect the child, =here &ill al&a%s be a debate on &hat parenting st%le helps a child.s academic per+ormance more, =here is no set r"les +or ho& to raise a child correctl%' e)en tho"gh man% a"thors ha)e &ritten boo*s on the s"b(ect, !t"dies ha)e sho&n that the a"thoritati)e parenting st%le ha)e been +o"nd to be associated &ith children.s and adolescents. school ad("stment> high le)el o+ per+ormance' strong school engagement and positi)e attit"des to&ards school 6 "nola' !tattin' -"rmi:, ccording to ?e&rell 1i)ers ?r' there has been se)eral st"dies done &ere the res"lts indicated that a"thoritati)e parenting has an impact on children.s school per+ormance, =he positi)e impact o+ a"thoritati)e st%les ha)e been ass"med to be based on the enco"ragement o+ independent problem sol)ing and critical thin*ing 6@aisa 208:, /n the other hand' man% Chinese parents "se the a"thoritarian

approach and +oc"s on a childAs achie)ements and s*ills' res"lting in ho"rs o+ drilling on mathematics' +oreign lang"ages and/or m"sic instr"ments' thereb% lea)ing room +or nothing else, -o sleepo)ers' no art classes' no dating 6Ch"a:, @ids +rom a"thoritatrian +amilies are relati)el% &ellBbeha)ed' b"t the% lac* in social s*ill and are more li*el% to s"++er +rom an5iet%' depression' and poor sel+Besteem, While researching parenting st%les @aisa and his colleag"e +o"nd that it has been s"ggested that a"thoritarian parenting detracts +rom +rom learning b% disco"raging acti)e e5ploration and problem sol)ing' and enco"raging dependence on ad"lt control and g"idance, lso

a"thoritarian parenting st%les ha)e been associated &ith children.s passi)it% and lac* o+ interest in school, Co&e)er' permissi)e and neglect+"l/"nin)ol)ed parenting st%les ha)e been associated &ith children.s "nderachie)ement, =hese homes +oster sel+Breg"lation in children' and ma% lea)e them more imp"lsi)e 6@aisa 208:, E)en on tele)ision sho&s parents &ho ha)e an a"thoritati)e parenting st%le had the "better" children, /n sho&s li*e The Cosby Show' Full House' Leave it to Beaver' Fresh Prince of Bel Air' and so man% more the parents had an a"thoritati)e parenting st%le, =he% had r"les that &ere meant to be +ollo&ed and &hen bro*en there &as conseD"ences, =he% &o"ld e5plain to their child &hat he/she did &rong

and tell them &hat he/she &ill ha)e to do to ma*e s"re that this problem is +i5ed and "ses a mat"re tone to get their point across' e)en tho"gh the parent *no&s ho& to la% do&n the r"les the% still loo* o"t +or the best interest o+ the child,=he% also allo&ed their children to e5press themsel)es and learn +rom their mista*es, /n sho&s li*e Everybody Hates Chris and That 70s Show there &as a parent &ho had an a"thoritarian parenting st%le, =he% &ere strict and had little to no tolerance +or disobedience and r"le brea*ing, =he% don.t listen to a &ord the child sa%s and ne)er let them e5plain &hat happened, E5amples o+ permissi)e and neglect+"l parenting st%les on tele)ision is 1egina George.s mom +rom atilda, Gro&ing "p m% mom &as hea)il% in)ol)ed in m% ed"cation, !he &as al&a%s at m% elementar% school assisting &ith e)ents as &ell as in the o++ice helping the principal, M% mother helped me and m% brother &ith o"r home&or* and made "s read dail%, !he &as demanding b"t responsi)e, Cer parenting st%le &o"ld be labeled as a"thoritati)e, =his st%le o+ parenting made me the person $ am toda%, M% mother &as not strict' b"t al&a%s instilled the importance o+ an ed"cation and doing &ell in school, !he came to a&ards and helped m% brother and me on pro(ects as &ell as home&or*, /n the other hand' m% +riend =ori 3ro&n.s parents &o"ld be labeled as permissi)e, =he% &ere )er% leninent and allo&ed =ori to do things other parents &o"ldn.t, =ori ean !irls and Matilda.s parents +rom

stated' "$ +eel li*e i+ m% mom &as more a"thoritati)e then $ &o"ldn.t had done a lot o+ st"++ $.)e doneE $ ne)er did good in school be+ore ca"se &hen $ got a bad grade $ ne)er got in tro"ble so $ ne)er reall% cared to do it ca"se $ *ne& there &o"ldn.t be no reperc"ssions," "When parents are in)ol)ed in their children.s ed"cation at home' the% do better in school, nd &hen parents are in)ol)ed in

school' children go +arther in school and the schools the% go to are better" 6Cenderson and 3erla' 1;;9:, 2ecades o+ research sho& that &hen parents are in)ol)ed in their children.s ed"cation these children ha)e higher grades' test scores' grad"ation rates' better school attendance' increased moti)ation and inner sel+Besteem' lo&er s"spension rates' decreased "se o+ dr"gs and alcohol and +e&er instances o+ )iolent beha)ior, ?enni+er F"go' a title $ coordinator stated' " children &hose parents are in)ol)ed &ith their ed"cation are t&ice as li*el% to s"cceed in school' +rom there their potential is enormo"s," 0or this reason the a"thoritati)e parenting st%le has been *no&n to be the most s"ccess+"l parenting st%le' especiall% &ith children.s academic per+ormance, n a"thoritati)e parent is engaging and helps

the child &ith home&or* as &ell as other school related acti)ities, Whereas an a"thoritarian parent belie)es the child sho"ld be able to do all the &or* alone, Permissi)e parents and "nin)ol)ed parents don.t pa% an% attention to their child, =he% o++er no help &ith school&or* and

most o+ the time doesn.t notice i+ the child misses school, Parents in)ol)ement in their childs. ed"cation is an important topic beca"se one da% these children &ill be r"nning the &orld and nobod% &ants a d"mb president, $ "nderstand that not all parents are the same and that each parent has a di++erent st%le o+ parenting, What &or*s +or one ma% not &or* +or all, n "thoritati)e parent &or*ed +or

me' b"t some ma% need an a"thoritarian parent, =here as been co"ntless research stating that a"thoritati)e parent.s in)ol)ement in their children.s ed"cation and parenting st%le ha)e been associated &ith children.s school ad("stment' high le)el o+ per+ormance' strong school en+orcement and posit)e attit"de to&ards school,

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$ lo)e ho& %o" did %o"r 1st paragraph, $t sends the reader to another place' sort o+ li*e getting the reader more in)ol)ed into the paper, 6$t p"lled me in lol: 3"t $ &o"ld ma*e an ad("stment to the +irst sentence &here it sa%s Iand al&a%s ma*ing decisions +or %o"J $ &o"ld sa% IMadeJ, nd in m% opinion $ &o"ld change the Ii+' ands' b"ts' or ma%besJ to I&itho"t %o"r inp"tJ,, lso in the second paragraph instead o+ p"tting I=he childJ it sho"ld sa% I=heir childJ ,, and IMadeJ instead o+ IMa*eJ Ho" also ha)e a +e& other grammatical errors, $+ %o" read %o"r paper alo"d to %o"rsel+' &hich $ highl% s"ggest %o" do' %o" &ill be able to see &hat +lo&s and &hat doesnAt, lso' Mr, Campbell &ants "s to add o"r o&n interpretation in the paper' engaging %o"rsel+ into the paper, $+ %o" read I=he% sa%' =he rt o+ K"otingJ and I!a%ing &h% it mattersJ %o" &ill get &hat $Am tr%ing to sa%, $ do li*e the &a% %o" transition "sing I/n the other handJ and &hen introd"cing %o"r so"rce %o" sa% I ccording toJ nd ho& %o" ha)e incl"ded %o"r o&n e5perience in as &ell to gi)e the reader a little more insight abo"t %o"rsel+, $ also do not see &here %o" are going &ith %o"r paper, $ see that it is s"ppose to be arg"mentati)e b"t $ donAt reall% clearl% see %o"r arg"ment, Ho" need to go more in depth abo"t a"thoritati)e and permissi)e parenting st%les beca"se %o"r paper is more abo"t a"thoritarian, $tAs )er% clear in %o"r paper that %o" are more +or "thoritarian' b"t %o"Are not reall% gi)ing m"ch statistics and data to bac* "p %o"r reasoning o+ &h% thatAs the better choice and &h% the others are not, =he other st%les are not e)en mentioned in the paper m"ch, Fi*e %o" need n"mbers' and s"r)e%s +rom )ario"s so"rces, /hh' $ also +orgot to mention $ thin* %o" sho"ld tr% and thin* o+ a more catchier title,, /)erall this is a good paper' it ("st needs some more &or* done to it, lso remember to n"mber %o"r pages, Cope this helps,