Authoritative parenting leads to better social and academic outcomes

This reference is used to annotate "I would never send my kids to school" (2017) by Piotr Wozniak

The over-time relation between 3 aspects of authoritative parenting--acceptance, psychological autonomy, and behavioral control--and school achievement was examined in a sample of 10-16-year-olds in order to test the hypothesis that authoritative parenting facilitates school success. In addition, the mediating role of youngsters' psychosocial maturity was studied. Results indicate that (1) authoritative parenting facilitates adolescents' academic success, (2) each component of authoritativeness studied makes an independent contribution to achievement, and (3) the positive impact of authoritative parenting on achievement is mediated at least in part through the effects of authoritativeness on the development of a healthy sense of autonomy and, more specifically, a healthy psychological orientation toward work. Adolescents who describe their parents as treating them warmly, democratically, and firmly are more likely than their peers to develop positive attitudes toward, and beliefs about, their achievement, and as a consequence, they are more likely to do better in school

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Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:

Title: Authoritative parenting, psychosocial maturity, and academic success among adolescents

Authors: Steinberg L, Elmen JD, Mounts NS

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2612251

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