Parenting Vocab

Basic Needs

• elements required to survive and maintain health, such as food, water, shelter, clothing and medical care

• used as an adjective: fitting society’s standard of correct behavior; used as a noun: practice or characteristic deemed acceptable or even desirable by society

• process of creating or using negative emotions and insecurities for behavioral manipulation

• promise made with no intention of following through

Moral

• process of creating or using negative emotions and insecurities for behavioral manipulation

• promise made with no intention of following through

• used as an adjective: fitting society’s standard of correct behavior; used as a noun: practice or characteristic deemed acceptable or even desirable by society

• capacity to understand or share the emotions experienced by another

Emotional Blackmail

• capacity to understand or share the emotions experienced by another

• situation which gives a child the choice to behave or misbehave, set up by a parent simply to catch an act of misbehavior

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which deals with parents’ willingness and ability to communication with their children

• process of creating or using negative emotions and insecurities for behavioral manipulation

Empty Promise

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which deals with parents’ willingness and ability to communication with their children

• promise made with no intention of following through

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which involves the enforcing of rules

• to deal with and attempt to overcome difficulties and hardships

Trick/Trap

• situation which gives a child the choice to behave or misbehave, set up by a parent simply to catch an act of misbehavior

• capacity to control emotions and actions; willpower

• parenting style characterized by high levels of parental control and maturity demand and low levels of clarity of communication and nurturance

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which relates to parental expectations for children to live up to their potential

Neglect

• failure to care for or give attention to

• capacity to understand or share the emotions experienced by another

• to deal with and attempt to overcome difficulties and hardships

• nature of interaction and relationships among family members

Empathy

• capacity to understand or share the emotions experienced by another

• to deal with and attempt to overcome difficulties and hardships

• capacity to control emotions and actions; willpower

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which involves the enforcing of rules

Cope

• to deal with and attempt to overcome difficulties and hardships

• capacity to control emotions and actions; willpower

• parenting style characterized by high levels of parental control, maturity demand, clarity of communication and nurturance

• nature of interaction and relationships among family members

Self-discipline

• capacity to control emotions and actions; willpower

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which involves the enforcing of rules

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which relates to parental expectations for children to live up to their potential

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which deals with parents’ willingness and ability to communication with their children

Parental Control

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which involves the enforcing of rules

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which relates to parental expectations for children to live up to their potential

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which deals with parents’ willingness and ability to communication with their children

• dimension of Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles which involves parents’ expressions of warmth and support