There are a variety of parenting styles out there, and it’s safe to say that not everyone will agree with just one certain style. It really depends on each parent since each person will see some parenting styles as appropriate and others not, and their views will be mainly influenced by the way they were raised as a child. On one hand you have the parent who’s parenting style is to spoil their kids rotten, and then on the other hand you have that parent in the grocery store who is loudly trying to discipline their kid in the canned food aisle. At the same time everyone around seems to look away awkwardly and acts like they don’t notice, secretly feeling sorry for the child and looking down on the mother, or conversely feeling sorry for the mother and looking down on the kid as a brat.

Furthermore, parenting your kids is something you will basically have to figure out on your own. It’s normal that you would draw from your own experiences when your where growing up and use them the way that your parents raised you as an example for raising your own kids. Others draw from their experiences and disapprove of that model, and they view it and use it as an example of how not to raise their children. Also, some parenting styles can be different depending on their culture, and they can also be taken in a different manner depending on the region. As an example, if you were to leave your kid to figure things on their own, some people might see that as being cold and distant, while other people might see this as an effective way to teach a child how to be independent. This can be a trait that is prized in certain cultures around the world. This diversity and difference of opinion on how to raise a child is why there are a variety of parenting styles that exists.

In addition, it is diificult to say that there is one correct type of parenting style, since different parenting styles can work for different people. It really depends on the parent, the child, and their environment which are very broad factors encompassing a myriad of traits, actions and experiences. On one hand, some parents might accept the independent parenting style based on their own experiences, and the child might respond positively to it or not. Also, the temperament of the child and the culture that they are in would contribute to the outcome. Maybe the child is temperamentally a go-getter and when that is combined with a culture that has a go-getter mentality, this could possibly produce a good situation. On the other hand, if the child is temperamentally timid, this could end up badly. This is really hard to say until you give it a try and see what happens. In the end, the most important thing is really how the child turns out and how he or she feels about it because whatever they experience will more than likely influence the next generation and generations to come.