We're not talking fashionista either, although I suppose that's true too.
A new study appearing in the September/October issue of Child Development indicates that early parenting styles play a significant role in how kids turn out.
Researchers at Arizona State University found that parenting, youths' self-regulation, and youths' adjustment were generally related to each other within and across time. They ran a three-phased assessment of 186 adolescents, evaluating them once every two years from the ages of 9 until 13. They reviewed parent teacher reports "to evaluate how well adjusted the children were in terms of aggression, antisocial and delinquent behavior, and how well the children were able to "self-regulate," i.e., inhibit their behavior when necessary and control their emotions and behavior."
They found that parents who "interacted warmly and positively with their children at the youngest age (the first assessment) had children who were relatively self-regulated two years later, and, in turn, exhibited fewer problem behaviors at the final assessment."
Makes sense to me.
