Journal 1

Your journal assignments are worth 12% of your grade. Please complete them by the end of the week.

Your Assignment

Read the section titled "Parental Influenes--Life with Mom and Dad" on pages 96 - 97. This section discuss three distinct parenting styles and types of discipline. The three styles discussed are:

1. Authoritarian: strict rules, little rationale given for the rules, "because I say so," rules are enforced with punishment

2. Permissive: few rules, rare punishment, child given too much autonomy and independence at too early of an age

3. Authoritative: parent as authority figure, provides good explanations for rules, free discussion of rules with child, children more involved, tend to use reinforcement more than punishment

For this week's Journal entry, answer the following questions. Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your post.

What parenting and discipline style did your parent(s) or caregiver(s) use with you? How has this impacted your life? After reading the research, would you choose the same or a different method to raise your children?

Directions:

1. Write at least 200 words about this topic. Post your word count at the end of your assignment.

2. Make sure to cite a source in your journal assignment using APA style. The source may be your text or any other source you research.