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This paper looks at parenting styles and subsequent self-esteem in college students, with a focus on the theories of Diana Baumrind. According to the paper, Baumrind offered three broad typologies for parental interaction with the child. She argued that there were 3 scales that needed to be conceptualized by academics before they could understand parental styles, which are highlighted in the paper. Today, we can conceive of three broad types of parenting style that have their origins in Baumrind's pioneering work.

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"This paper looks at parenting styles and subsequent self-esteem in college students. Diana Baumrind offered, in the middle-1960s, her own broad typology for parental interaction with the child. She argued that there were 3 scales that needed to be conceptualized by academics before they could understand parental styles. Those three were: 1) acceptance of the child and involvement; 2) control of the child (maturity); and 3) autonomy-granting style (self-reliance). Today, we can conceive of three broad types of parenting style that have their origins in Baumrind's..."

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