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- From: robert@jetsun.weitek.COM (Robert Plamondon)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Authoritarian Parents (was 20/20 and spanking)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.164048.15233@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:40:48 GMT
- References: <1duqhkINNkqi@network.ucsd.edu> <1dv5jpINNt3@network.ucsd.edu> <1992Nov14.173915.2580@cs.brown.edu>
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- Here are some hallmarks of authoritarian parents I have known, which
- may help differentiate them from other kinds:
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- 1. Authoritarian parents take offense if their kids do something
- successfully, but in a way that differed from their instructions.
- That is, authoritarian parents discourage and even punish independent
- thinking, even when it's successful.
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- 2. Authoritarian parents will punish children for things that might
- not even provoke a comment from other people.
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- 3. Authoritarian parents talk about being "forced" to punish "for the
- principle of the thing," but can't articulate what principle they're
- defending.
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- 4. Authoritarian parents get more confused and desperate as their children
- get older and more independent, as their ability to control (or even
- influence) their children declines.
-
- (I suppose you can see that I have a low opinion of authoritarian parenting!)
-
- -- Robert
- --
- Robert Plamondon, robert@weitek.COM
-
- "Ready whenever you are, C.B.!"
-