Psychological Effects of Upbringing on Children

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This paper discusses how children whose parents take an active role, as found in the authoritative style of parenting, are more likely to be resilient than those with depressive, uninvolved parents. Children are influenced by many factors in their lives, but their parents are the single-most influential factor. The paper further discusses how parenting style and involvement in their children's lives can make a difference in their children's success as adults.

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"Children are products of both their environments and their genetics. The manner in which children are raised has a great deal of effect on their eventual adulthood. Children raised with sufficient structure and guidance, in general, are more successful than their peers who are not. Two forms of structure can influence children's lives. Children can live in a structured world, in which parents control and schedule various aspects of their children's lives. The second form of structure, discussed in this paper, deals with a kind of parenting style. This kind of structure takes two forms. Parenting styles can be authoritarian or authoritative, the structured form. Or, they can be permissive, the unstructured form. Each style of parenting has its own benefits and limitations. "

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