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The Psychology of Parental Control - How Well-meant Parenting Backfires (Hardcover)
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The Psychology of Parental Control - How Well-meant Parenting Backfires (Hardcover)
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What is parental control? Is it positive or negative for children?
What makes parents controlling with their children, even when they
value supporting children's autonomy? Are there alternatives to
control and how might we apply them in important domains of
children's lives, such as school and sports? This book addresses
these and other questions about the meaning and predictors of
parental control, as well as its consequences for children's
adjustment and well-being. While the topic of parental control is
not new, there has been controversy about the concept, with some
researchers and clinicians weighing in on the side of control and
others against it. This book argues that part of the controversy
stems from different uses of the term, with some investigators
focusing more on parents being in control and others on controlling
children. Using a definition of control as "pressure for children
to think, feel, or behave in specific ways," the author explores
research on parental control, arguing that there is more consensus
than previously thought. Using this research base, the author
provides evidence that parental control can be subtle and can lurk
within many "positive" parenting approaches; parental control
undermines the very behaviors we wish to inculcate in our children;
providing autonomy support--the opposite of control--is a
challenge, even when parents are committed to doing so.
With controversy in the literature about parental control and
attention in the media on the ways in which parents step over the
control line (e.g., screaming on the soccer sidelines, pressuring
children in academics), this book is especially timely. It provides
an empathic view of how easily parents can become trapped in
controlling styles by emphasizing performance and hooking their own
self-esteem on children's performance. Examples of how this can
happen in academic, sporting, and peer situations with their
emphasis on competition and hierarchy are provided, as well as
strategies for parenting in highly involved but autonomy supportive
ways.
A highly readable yet research-based treatment of the topic of
parental control, this book:
*explores the controversial topic of parental control; addresses
controversy about the positive and negative effects of parental
control; and disentangles various parenting concepts, such as
involvement, structure, and control;
*illustrates how control can be overt, such as in the use of
corporal punishment or covert, as in the use of controlling praise;
*provides evidence that control may produce compliance in children
preventing them from initiating and taking responsibility for their
own behavior;
*explores why parents are controlling with their children,
including environmental and economic stresses and strains,
characteristics of children that "pull" for control, and factors in
parents' own psychologies that lead them to be "hooked" on
children's performance; and
*provides examples of control in the areas of academics and
sports--the hierarchical and competitive nature of these domains is
seen as contributing to parents' tendencies to become controlling
in these areas.
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