Do you actively listen to your child’s problems and encourage them to share their opinions and feelings? Do you prioritize spending quality time with your child? Do you celebrate and acknowledge your child’s small achievements, or do you always expect them to strictly follow your instructions? Take this online parenting style test to determine whether your parenting style is democratic or not.
What Is Parenting?
Parenting style refers to the overall approach and patterns of behaviors and attitudes that a parent exhibits when raising their child. There are several different parenting styles, including authoritarian, permissive, authoritative or democratic, and uninvolved, each with its different characteristics and effects on child development.
This self-assessment is focussing on the democratic parenting style, as many research scholars and experts agree that democratic parenting is the most effective parenting style to nurture the development and functioning of a child along different domains of life. It emphasizes mutual respect and collaboration between parents and children.
Some characteristics of democratic parenting are:
Active engagement with children in decision-making and problem-solving
Encouraging children to make choices in daily life
Setting boundaries and rules while also allowing flexibility
Open communication and active listening to children’s thoughts and feelings
Appreciating and rewarding for child’s positive behavior
Instructions For Taking Parenting Style TestOnline
Below is a list of statements that indicates a democratic parenting style. Please read each statement carefully and rate the extent to which these are relevant to you.
Please note: This parenting checklist is an assessment for the parent.
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Your score indicates that you have a low sign of democratic parenting. It is evident from your score that to a few extents, you might allow your child to express his/her feelings and emotions, and might involve your child in family decision-making. Further, it seems that in a few cases, you might patiently prefer to listen to your child’s concerns and mistakes without blaming them immediately. Also, your score reflects that on a few occasions, you might celebrate your child’s achievements and spend quality time with him/her.
It can also be seen from your score that occasionally in very few cases you might help your child to model positive behaviors such as honesty, and respect. Besides this, it can also be seen from your response that you may give your child a little freedom to explore his or her interests, and at the same time also believe in setting a few rules that are important for the child’s development.
However, it should be noted that these skills are exclusively applicable while a parent is dealing with his/her child and these would reflect in the child’s growth and development in life.
Want to learn more?
Since democratic parenting is considered the most effective style of parenting for children’s development, some strategies are found to be positively associated with the democratic parenting style, such as engaging in open and honest communication with children, praising children for their small achievements, actively listening to children’s problems and concerns, spending quality time with children, and observing things from children’s perspective to build a strong connection and trust between parent and child. If you want to know how to develop a democratic parenting style, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, and identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will help you in doing the things you love while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
Moderate Sign Of Democratic Parenting
Your score indicates that you have a moderate sign of democratic parenting. It is evident from your score that to some extent you might allow your child to express his/her feelings and emotions, and might involve your child in family decision-making. Further, it seems that in some cases, you might patiently prefer to listen to your child’s concerns and mistakes without blaming them immediately. Also, your score reflects that on some occasions, you might celebrate your child’s achievements and spend quality time with him/her.
It can also be seen from your score that often you might help your child to model positive behaviors such as honesty, and respect. Besides this, it is also seen from your score that on some occasions, you may give your child the freedom to explore and work on his or her interests, but also believe in setting some clear rules that are important for a child’s development.
However, it should be noted that these skills are exclusively applicable while a parent is dealing with his/her child and these would reflect in the child’s growth and development in life.
Want to learn more?
Since democratic parenting is considered the most effective style of parenting for children’s development, some strategies are found to be positively associated with the democratic parenting style, such as engaging in open and honest communication with children, praising children for their small achievements, actively listening to children’s problems and concerns, spending quality time with children, and observing things from children’s perspective to build a strong connection and trust between parent and child. If you want to know how to develop a democratic parenting style, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, and identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will help you in doing the things you love while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
High Sign Of Democratic Parenting
Your score indicates that you have a high sign of democratic parenting. It is evident from your score that in most cases you seem to allow your child to express his/her feelings and emotions, and involve your child in family decision-making. Further, it seems that in most cases, you seem to patiently prefer to listen to your child’s concerns and mistakes without blaming them immediately. Also, your score reflects that in maximum cases, you seem to celebrate your child’s achievements and spend quality time with him/her.
It can also be seen from your score that in most possible cases you seem to help your child to model positive behaviors such as honesty, and respect. Further, your response shows that mostly you prefer to give your child freedom to explore and work on his or her interests, but to some extent also believe in setting clear rules that are important for a child’s development.
However, it should be noted that these skills are exclusively applicable while a parent is dealing with his/her child and these would reflect in the child’s growth and development in life.
Want to learn more?
Since democratic parenting is considered the most effective style of parenting for children’s development, some strategies are found to be positively associated with the democratic parenting style, such as engaging in open and honest communication with children, praising children for their small achievements, actively listening to children’s problems and concerns, spending quality time with children, and observing things from children’s perspective to build a strong connection and trust between parent and child. If you want to know how to develop a democratic parenting style, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, and identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will help you in doing the things you love while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
