Permissive Parenting Style

The permissive parenting style is the opposite of the authoritarian style. The third style is the authoritative style. Anyone who has ever witnessed a child running wild around a grocery store or restaurant, with no sense of rules, has witnessed permissive parenting.

This style allows the child to do whatever they want. No structure for behavior or guidelines on how to act is taught to the child. While they may develop a sense of right from wrong, they do not develop any self control.

Parents can cause this type of behavior by being either too involved, or not involved enough in their child’s day to day life. In either instance, the effect is usually negative. Parents that are too involved usually look for instant gratification for their child. As soon as the child begins to pout they are given what they want. Parents not involved enough will just let their kids run free to do what they please.

Usually parents will make half-hearted attempts to instill behavioral guidelines in their children, but they do not enforce them. This type of parent will not understand while their child runs wild. The parent has never learned that they must be the one to put their foot down and develop a set of rules.

Because the parent does not lend themselves to being an authoritative figure, roles often become reversed. These types of parents may see themselves as the child’s friend first, and parent second. The child learns that they can do what they want without any consequences. These types of children often develop a sense of entitlement.

These children may seem to have developed their independence, but in reality this has not occurred. They are so used to getting what they want that they may learn how to manipulate people into getting what they want. The parents are usually manipulated into maintaining their permissive style without even noticing.

The end result of the permissive parenting style is a child who does not develop any mental maturity into adulthood. Later in life they will still expect to get their own way and feel entitled to whatever they please. Their manipulative actions will also continue which can inhibit developing close relationships with others.

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