Do Parenting Styles Affect Cognitive Development? Essay by Top Papers

"Common sense says that there isn't a right or wrong way to parent a child. But in reviewing recent studies into linkages between parenting and cognitive development, there may be ways for mothers and fathers to parent better. These linkages, however, may not be those that you expect. In 2002, Amy Tiller, Elizabeth Block, Betsy Garrison, Kathryn Cramer and Vicky Tiller proposed that there might be connections between parenting styles and more successful patterns of cognitive development for children at the elementary school level."