| ACTIVITY |  60 minutes |
 | Should I do the activity alone? | Try to involve your partner if you are in a two-parent family and your children as well. |
 | After completing the activity… | I/we should be able to: - Identify four types of main parenting styles.
- Be aware of the parents' reactions associated with each parenting style and their possible consequences on children's development.
- Recognize my/our own parenting style, the possible reasons for it and how it contributes to my/our children's development.
- Identify any possibilities to improve it.
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 | Before I start, what will I need to do this activity? | Sheets of paper, pencils, computer and connection to the internet. |
 What do I have to do?
To do this activity you are invited to watch the video 4 Types Parenting Styles (4.24 minutes). In this video you will find information on the four main types of parenting styles: - Permissive: parents consent to too much of their children's behaviours and wishes
- Authoritarian: parents like to control too much of their children's behaviour
- Authoritative or Democratic: parents guide their children and set clear limits and consequences to their behaviour
- Uninvolved or Negligent: parents are passive to their children's behaviour
After watching the video read the four family cases below and identify for each case: - The parenting style which, according to you, matches them the best.
- The specific parenting reactions to their children's behaviour in each family’s case
- The consequences you think that parenting style in each family case might have on the child.
- How parents could improve their parenting style. What they could do?
Moreover, think about: - Which parenting style do you remember your parents have usually shown when you were a child.
- Whether your present parenting style with your children resembles that of your parents. What do you think is your parenting style?
Download this Word document to continue the activity.
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 | What to do next? | We will help each other if we share some key ideas to the forum. - Any insight you learned from? Was it helpful?
- Are you feeling especially happy or worried about something related?
- Will you apply it in your daily routine?
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