A recent study published in the journal Childhood and Learning indicates as a general conclusion that authoritarian upbringing promotes insecurity.
The work is based on a survey of 948 children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years, analyzing their response to socialization from the basis of the typification of four typical parental behaviors: authoritative, authoritative, forgiving and negligent.
Since the consequences measured start from the whole history of these childhoods and the way of relationship with parents, I think it is perfectly extrapolable for parents of younger children.
The results of children educated in an environment of indulgent parentality gave great results, as a result of parenting based on the low demand towards children and the high responsibility of parents. His conclusion is that, especially in cultural settings such as Spanish, where hierarchy is not an important value, Indulgent education style is revealed as optimal.
Likewise, importance is given to open communication skills, based on the child's confidence and acceptance, discarding as good the guidelines that are imposed from punishment, fear or authoritarian imposition.
Indulgently educated children scored in the average and highest in all the areas analyzed, from academic achievement to socialization or self-concept problems, being the conclusion of the study that this is the optimal parenting model and that authoritarian upbringing promotes personal insecurity.
