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[Child rearing style in the contemporary family]
1Département de sociologie, Université de Genève.
Insights
This study explores Swiss family upbringing trends for preadolescents, focusing on parental goals, techniques, and socialization coordination. It identifies three main parenting styles linked to family background and cohesion, impacting children's self-esteem.
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Family Studies
- Sociology
Context:
- Examines contemporary family upbringing in Switzerland.
- Focuses on preadolescent development within the family unit.
- Considers the influence of external socialization agents like school and media.
Purpose:
- To review major trends in preadolescent upbringing.
- To analyze parental goals, techniques, and coordination with socialization agents.
- To investigate the relationship between upbringing styles and self-esteem.
Summary:
- Identifies three distinct upbringing styles based on parental strategies and socialization coordination.
- Relates these styles to family social background and cohesion.
- Investigates the correlation between identified upbringing styles and preadolescent self-esteem.
Impact:
- Provides insights into effective parenting strategies for preadolescents.
- Highlights the role of family dynamics in shaping child development.
- Informs interventions aimed at enhancing adolescent self-esteem.
Abstract:
The main results of a recent Swiss study on major trends in the upbringing of preadolescents in the family are reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on the goals the parents set themselves, the upbringing techniques they employ and their mode of coordination with other agents of socialisation (school, TV, peer groups, etc). Three major, upbringing styles are distinguished and related to family social background and type of family cohesion. In conclusion, the relationship between the style of upbringing and preadolescents self-esteem is examined.