Stealth Parenting is a modern parenting style which involves the use of technology to monitor or intervene in children's lives in some way from behind the scenes.
A helicopter parent (also called a cosseting parent or simply a cosseter) is a parent who pays extremely close attention to a child's or children's experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions.
Snowplow parenting, also called lawnmower parenting or bulldozer parenting, is a parenting style that seeks to remove all obstacles from a child's path so they don't experience pain, failure, or discomfort.
The silent treatment is a refusal to verbally communicate with another person, a way of withholding connection. It can look like a spouse who stops talking after a fight or a displeased parent who refuses to speak or make eye contact with a child.
Teen coach and author, Todd Kestin, defines submarine parenting as staying out of sight, under the surface, letting kids manage their lives as things come up, while keeping the proverbial periscope up.
Becoming a pseudo-parent means creating a relationship with a new child (or children), your partner, and yes, your partner's ex-partner. These adult relationships will require diplomatic talks, early and often. We see this expectation of one-way assimilation in the US quite a bit.
A nuclear family, elementary family, atomic family, cereal-packet family or conjugal family is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single-parent family, the larger extended family, or a family with more than two parents.
The silent treatment is an abusive method of control, punishment, avoidance, or disempowerment (sometimes these four typesoverlap, sometimes not) that is a favorite tactic of narcissists, and especially thosewho have a hard time with impulse control, that is, those with more infantile tendencies.
The absence of responsive relationships poses a serious threat to a child's development and well-being. Sensing threat activates biological stress response systems, and excessive activation of those systems can have a toxic effect on developing brain circuitry.
Experts also believe it is also a manipulation tool, which compels the child to change or improve, even if they're not ready for it. Parents must avoid using silent treatment on their kids; what should they do instead? As harmless as silent treatment may seem, it is as dangerous, especially when it involves children.
Permissive or 'jellyfish' parenting places few rules or demands on kids and parents seldom follow through on consequences when children do not follow the rules. This parenting approach often results in children who rank low in happiness and self-regulation.
According to Yahoo!, panda parenting is all about “gently guiding your little one, as opposed to shoving them down the parenting path”. In other words, a panda parent is one who gives their kids the freedom to do things their own way.
Lighthouse parenting is a style of parenting which, as its name suggests, considers the parent to be a lighthouse, guiding and supporting their child.
We defined tiger parents as those who practice positive and negative parenting strategies simultaneously. Tiger parents are engaging in some positive parenting behaviors; however, unlike supportive parents, tiger parents also scored high on negative parenting dimensions.
Butterfly parenting is also allowing your child to spread their own wings, even if it's in a different direction than you would have hoped for them.
Saba Harouni Lurie, a licensed marriage and family therapist defines lawnmower parenting (also referred to as “bulldozing parenting” and “snowplow parenting”) simply as: “when parents remove obstacles for their kids in hopes of setting them up to be successful.”
Neglect-related behaviors. Maternal neglect-related behaviors at one month postpartum were as follows: “frequency of leaving the baby alone at home” (i.e., leaving the baby alone at home) and “frequency of ignoring the baby when he or she cries” (i.e., ignoring the crying baby).
They may feel neglected and unsupported, which can lead to mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Teenagers who don't feel loved and cared for may be more likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as drug and alcohol abuse, or unsafe sex.
A narcissistic mother may feel entitled or self-important, seek admiration from others, believe she is above others, lack empathy, exploit her children, put others down, experience hypersensitivity to criticism, believe she deserves special treatment, and worst of all, maybe naïve to the damage she is causing.
Gray rocking, or the grey rock method, is a tactic some people use when dealing with abusive or manipulative behavior. It involves becoming as uninteresting and unengaged as possible so that the other person loses interest. Some people anecdotally report that it reduces conflict and abuse.
Why parents use the silent treatment. In romantic relationships, the silent treatment is used to avoid conflict, inflict punishment or because that person is frozen in silence, unable to communicate. For parent-child relationships, it's more often a result of parents feeling "overwhelmed and helpless", Ms James says.
A Beanpole family is a multi-generational family that is long and thin with few aunts, uncles and grandparents. This is a result of extended life expectancy and fewer children being born.
Some of the more common variations in traditional family structure include single-parent families, step families, extended families, and same-sex families.
noun. a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.