154: Authoritative isnt the best Parenting Style
b'\\u201cOn average, authoritative parents spanked just as much as the average of all other parents.\\xa0 Undoubtedly, some parents can be authoritative without using spanking but we have no evidence that all or even most parents can achieve authoritative parenting without an occasional spank.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\n \\n\\nI was fascinated by this statement, since authoritative parenting is the best style.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n \\n\\nWe know it\\u2019s the best, right?\\n\\n \\n\\nI mean, everyone says it is.\\xa0 Including me.\\n\\n \\n\\nAnd who was the co-author on this paper this statement comes from?\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n \\n\\nNone other than Dr. Diana Baumrind, creator of the Parenting Styles (although they weren\\u2019t called that then; they were originally called the Models of Parental Control. \\xa0\\n\\n \\n\\nJust to make sure we\\u2019re on the same page here, I\\u2019m going to say that again: Dr. Diana Baumrind, who created the parenting styles/model of parental control, says you can\\u2019t achieve the parenting style that has the \\u2018best\\u2019 outcomes for children without an occasional spank.\\n\\n \\n\\nSo in this episode we dig pretty deeply into what makes up the parenting styles, and what Dr. Baumrind and others found about the effectiveness of these styles, and what impacts they had on children.\\xa0 (And I have to warn you now, the samples sizes we\\u2019re looking at to \\u2018prove\\u2019 that authoritative is the best parenting style are going to make your stomach churn.)\\n\\n \\n