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Human Growth and Development / Unit 6   HGD 0773 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Parenting Style

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The idea

A parenting style is how a caregiver provides structure, feedback and emotional support; Diana Baumrind described styles along two dimensions, warmth and control.

In practice

Two parents with the same rules, one explaining them warmly and one issuing them coldly.

Where people slip

Maccoby and Martin later added a fourth style, giving four combinations of warmth and control.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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