1. Unit 4 Agenda I.Discussion Board Reminder II.Professional Collaboration Projects III.Parenting Styles

2. Dimensions of Parental Behavior Warmth – At one end of the spectrum, parents are openly affectionate, and involved with their kids. On the other end of the spectrum, parents are uninvolved and sometimes hostile. These parents seem focused on their own needs and interests.

3. Dimensions of Parental Behavior Control – At one end of the spectrum are dictatorial parents, who try to control every step of their child’s life, like a puppeteer. On the other end of the spectrum are parents who do not try to control their children and put little effort into it.

4. Parenting Styles Authoritarian parenting – combines high control with little warmth. Lay down the rules and expect adherence to rules, no discussion Cultivate hard work, respect and obedience. Parents do not consider child’s needs or wishes

5. Parenting Styles Authoritative parenting combines a fair degree of parental control with being warm and responsive to children Explain rules and encourage discussion

6. Parenting Styles Permissive parenting offers warmth and caring but little parental control Accept their child’s behavior and punish them infrequently

7. Parenting Styles Uninvolved parenting provides neither warmth nor control Provide for their child’s basic physical and emotional needs Minimize the amount of time spent with child to avoid becoming emotionally involved

8. Role-Playing Parenting Styles. Your 11 year old son has brought home a very bad report card consisting of one “C”, two “D”s and a few “F”s. This is his first bad report card. In the past, he has gotten mostly “C”s and “B”s.

9. Role-Playing Parenting Styles. Your child wants a toy from the grocery store and you told her “no”. She is very mad and begins to stomp her feet, scream, and throws herself down on the ground.

10. Role-Playing Parenting Styles You notice your 5 th grader has started a pattern of lying. On one specific occasion, you observed your son taking money out of your purse. (he didn’t know you saw him) An hour later, you approach your son and ask him if he knew what happened to the $10 bill that you had in your wallet. He said he did not know anything about it.

11. Self-Esteem Self esteem reflects a person’s feeling of their own self-worth. Self esteem can very between different “domains: –i.e. Math, Sports, Romance, School, Work What are some of the social factors that can impact the development of poor self-esteem in children?