Contest | “Correlation Between Parenting And Child Behaviour"

Hello steemians how are you today? I hope you are as well as I am. I am here to give my view on this interesting topic in the Hindwhale Community organised by @manisha.jain9. Thank you for the opportunity.

Introduction
Parenting is the process of raising or the upbringing of children from childhood to maturity. Parents provide moral, social, spiritual, economic and physical support to these children to ensure that they lack nothing as they grow to maturity. This shows that parenting has a great influence on the behaviour of a child.

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How does parenting affect child behaviour? Is there any correlation between them?

Yes, there is a correlation between parenting and child behaviour. Parenting style has a great effect on child behaviour. Children tend to take on the behaviours they see in their families such as Language, attitudes towards others etc.

Parenting Style
There are four (4) types of parenting styles namely

Authoritarian
This is a style of leadership where parents are very strict to some extent. They set rules and guidelines for the children to follow and the children have to follow. The children here are hard-working and always struggle to please their parents.

Authoritative
This is a style of leadership where parents combine discipline with nurturing. They give time to the children and also allow them to have input into their goals. This style of leadership allows children to be self-discipline

Indulgent/Permissive
In this style of leadership, parents don't normally set rules. There are almost no rules and children make decisions for themselves. The parents are present and also engage themselves with the children.

Uninvolved
This is a parenting style where parents distance themselves from their children. The children don't receive correction, praise or discipline from their parents. As a result, they wouldn't know the consequences of their behaviour or how to regulate some of their excesses.

Whichever style of parenting is adopted tends to affect the child's behaviour. In my family for instance, my wife and I have set some rules like no speaking in the Hausa language except English and our mother tongue, and no going out except with passion and we have seen this helping the children.

We have also seen the children behaving like us in the way we talk and how we react to issues in the family. I once saw my children acting like us as they were playing. The boy acted like me and the girl acted like the mother (my wife) and that informs me that the children are learning from us directly and indirectly.

Is parenting alone responsible for child behaviour or are there any other factors too? What are they? Explain.

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Parenting alone is not responsible for child behaviour. There are other factors too which also contribute to a child's behaviour. These factors are:

1. Environment: Aside from parental influence on a child, the environment can also have a positive or negative impact on the behaviour of a child. The language of the environment, activities that goe on in the environment, the philosophy and the kind of people in the environment can affect the child as he or she interacts with them.
2. Peer pressure: As children interact or mingle with their peers, they get influenced. Naturally, children will want to be accepted by their peer group which can positively or negatively influence their behaviour.
3. Genetics: Genetics are traits passed down from one generation to another. Children can inherit negative or positive traits from their parents which will in turn affect their behaviour.
4. Social media: Social media is another great factor that can influence the behaviour of a child. Social media here includes programs and films the children watch on the television and how they use mobile phones. There are educative programs that can build and train children and there are also programs and films that can destroy them.

Can we change a child’s behaviour after they are grown up?

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It is very difficult to change the behaviour of a child when he or she is grown up. That is why the Bible says "Train up a child the way he should go and when he is old he or she will not depart from it". It is better to catch them young because once they miss it at a tender age, it takes the grace of God for change or correction to take place in their life.

Conclusion
Being a parent comes with great responsibility and once parents fail in their responsibilities, the environment and other factors will step in which may be devastating to the child.
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