Authoritative vs. authoritarian parents

Child academic achievements and social competences are the penalty of specific parenting behaviors. Authoritarian and Authoritative are the two types of parenting which has its own way to develop the child emotionally and socially. Although they both have positive and negative aspect but they illustrate two different concepts of parenting.

Authoritative parenting is considered an best style which always has positive impact on child’s personality. These parents choose a way to grow their child in such a way in which they keep balance between rules and the relationship with their children. Although they setup some rules for their children and expect them to follow, but if child is unable to take by their condition so rather giving punishments, these parents prefer to listen their child first and then decide best possible way to deal with them. because they want to maintain balance between rules and relationship. Along with this authoritative parents are demanding as well as responsive in a way that they established standard rules to follow but side by side they are very much responsive to their child’s question and satisfy them. The impact of these specific behaviors can be observed in childhood as well as in future. As the authoritative parents offer support and help in academics and involve in their child’s activities, their child achieve more in academic and develop better self perception.
On the other hand, children raised by authoritarian parenting styles often have personality that differ from authoritative parenting .Because authoritarian parents tend to force the rules which they established as a standard. Unlike authoritative, their main behavior is to punish their children rather than to forgive them when they are unable to stand by their expectations. In addition these parents are highly demanding and less responsive as authoritative. They do not answer their child’s queries and make compulsory them to follow without any explanations. The ways they develop their child are suitable for them but indirectly it weakens the relationship with their children and are not able to maintain close relationship. These children tend to less socialized due to low self esteem and in future continue with the same habits and develop feelings like anger, depression, worry and less social interaction.
Conclusion can be drawn that authoritative and authoritarian show two different concept of parenting, which have positive as well as negative aspects. The clear difference between these two is the way they deal with their children. Authoritative parents prefer the relationship over rules. On the opposite, authoritarian parents leading by enforcing the rules.