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【Abstract】Four styles of parenting practices typify European American families. A considerable evidential body indicates that each of these styles has unique influences on children’s psychosocial development. However， research on parenting styles has traditionally focused on Euro-American families. When the effects of parenting styles have been examined in other ethnic and racial groups， findings have suggested that the effects of parenting styles are not universal.
【Key words】parenting styles；Chinese culture
【作者簡介】Xia Xue， Ordos Vocational College.
Parents， as primary caregivers of children， exert the most significant influence on the development of children. Parents not only provide children with a home environment and daily necessities， but also serve as role models that may guide children’s interaction with others， the goals they set， and the dreams they construct. These rather obvious statements， however， do not entail the assumption that the mere fact of being a parent ensures that a child will be raised to be a productive citizen whose behavior is generally prosocial. Instead， extensive research documented individual differences among parents. These individual differences， in turn， predict differences in children’s cognitive and social development.
Baumrind （1967， 1971） developed a classification scheme that encompassed only three parenting styles. These styles were based on the intensive research analyzing parental control， parental maturity demands， parent-child communication， and parental nurturance among primarily， middle-class， well-educated， European American parents. Baumrind labeled the three styles “permissive，” “authoritative，” and “authoritarian.” A fourth style， uninvolved parenting was identified later （Maccoby
【Key words】parenting styles；Chinese culture
【作者簡介】Xia Xue， Ordos Vocational College.
Parents， as primary caregivers of children， exert the most significant influence on the development of children. Parents not only provide children with a home environment and daily necessities， but also serve as role models that may guide children’s interaction with others， the goals they set， and the dreams they construct. These rather obvious statements， however， do not entail the assumption that the mere fact of being a parent ensures that a child will be raised to be a productive citizen whose behavior is generally prosocial. Instead， extensive research documented individual differences among parents. These individual differences， in turn， predict differences in children’s cognitive and social development.
Baumrind （1967， 1971） developed a classification scheme that encompassed only three parenting styles. These styles were based on the intensive research analyzing parental control， parental maturity demands， parent-child communication， and parental nurturance among primarily， middle-class， well-educated， European American parents. Baumrind labeled the three styles “permissive，” “authoritative，” and “authoritarian.” A fourth style， uninvolved parenting was identified later （Maccoby