Family Dynamics
Parenting Styles
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Authoritative: Parents
who use firm control, but encourage communication and negotiation.
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Authoritarian: Parents
who use rigid and dictated rules; children contribute little.
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Permissive: Parents
who have little control over children, but are high in warmth.
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Indifferent: Parents
who are minimally interested in being parents, and exercise little control
and low warmth.
Forms of Psychological
Child Abuse
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Rejection: refusing
the requests or needs of a child in a way which implies dislike.
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Denial of Emotional Responsiveness:
Passive withholding of affection that involves behaviors such as coldness,
or failing to respond to the child's attempts to communicate.
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Degradation: Lowering
a child's self-esteem through words, or actions.
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Terrorization: Forcing
a child to witness the abuse of a loved one.
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Isolation: Refusing
to allow a child to play with friends, or take part in family activities.
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Exploitation: Taking
advantage of a child's innocence or weakness.
Links:
Family Dynamics