Parents who come down hard on their children for telling lies or misbehaving may believe they are teaching the child right from wrong. But new research by NUS suggests that overly strict or punitive ...

To understand how parenting styles influence adolescent mental health, the Department of Psychology at Lingnan University, ...

The RPQs evaluated aggression by asking how much the children “reacted angrily when provoked by others” (reactive aggression) ...

Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs in the world, and can sometimes feel unrewarding as well! However, when it comes to parenting styles, there is no one size fits all! Research has identified ...

Parenting styles constitute enduring patterns of parental attitudes and behaviours that shape a child’s social, emotional and cognitive development. Classic typologies distinguish authoritative, ...

It is a stereotype that, in therapy, all of a person’s problems will be blamed on their parents. That is not the case. But decades of psychological research have suggested that the approach to ...

Searches for "parenting styles" rose 400% over the last month, according to Google Trends data. And while modern child-rearing sources tend to focus on the difference between gentle parenting, ...

What are parenting styles? Are parenting styles effective and are they used by practitioners? Four useful tips from parenting practitioners Children may not come with an instruction manual, but ...