Saturday, 30 July 2016

Hi and welcome to this blog where is about parenting practices of different cultures and parenting styles.
This blog touches on the cultural differences of different cultural around the world. We will be looking into the Western and Eastern way of parenting styles such as from German, American, Malaysian, Japanese and Vietnamese;  also the way of bringing up their children.

What is parenting?
 Parenting is the process of taking care of children until they are old enough to take care of    themselves. In a simple term it means the things that parents do to raise a child.




The difference of Parenting Style and Parenting Practices.
Parenting style and Parenting practices are almost the same thing. But do you know there is a distinguish differences between them.
Parenting Practices refer to specific things that parents do while raising their children. These can refer to the imposing and use of schedules, rules, expectations, punishments, rewards, etc. Basically, parenting practices can refer to any type of regular interaction that a parent has with their children.
Whereas for parenting style is psychological construct representing standard strategies that parents use in their child rearing. The quality of parenting can be more essential than the quantity of time spent with the child. There are four common parenting style that are practice throughout the word which are Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive and Neglecting.





Collectivist vs Individualist
 Collectivist : value interdependence. They promote group and societal goals and duties, and blending in with group identity, with achievement attributed to mutual support
 Individualist : value independence. They promote personal ideals, strengths, and goals, pursued in competition with others, leading to individual achievement and finding a unique identity.


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