Hello,

These papers might not answer your question, but may be fairly relevant:

Case, A., & Paxson, C. (2002). Parental behavior and child health. Health Affairs, 21(2), 164-178.

This is the full text:

http://www.princeton.edu/~accase/downloads/Parental_Behavior_and_Child_HealthA.pdf

. . and this is the ResearchGate link:

Article Parental Behavior And Child Health

This relates to the early years:

Gutman, L. M., & Feinstein, L. (2010). Parenting behaviours and children’s development from infancy to early childhood: Changes, continuities and contributions. Early Child Development and Care, 180(4), 535-556.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247500080

Very best wishes with your PhD,

Mary

Thank you my friend Mary C R Wilson for your answe. Best regards

Qais Khaleel

Dear Qais,

You ask the following: How is my behavior with my children before the age of ten and adolescence and puberty.

As you know, D. Baumrind conceptualized three types of parenting: authoritative, authoritorian and permissive. Authoritative parents are demanding in cognitive terms, but warm in terms of affectivity and social relationship. Authoritarian parents are demanding in cognitive terms, but cold in terms of affectivity and social relationship. Permissive parents are guided, so to speak, by the slogan of "laissez faire, laissez passer, laissez alller (let'it yo)." I try to be an authoritative father. There is accumulated evidence that shows that, in contrast to authoritorian and permissive parenting, authoritative parenting favors the child's psychological development. So, you can proffit from being acquainted with Baumrind's work on parenting.

Martin Hoffman's classical work on discipline strategies parents use to deal with their children' misdeeds is also worth mentioning. Hoffman was able to conceptualize three types of discipline strategies or practices. Power assertion, withdrawl of love and inductice or explanatory practices. Power assertion is the case when parents make use of their power to deal with their children's misdeeds (e.g., "if you hit you sister you have no toys anymore.") Withdrawal of love is the case when parents make use of what may be called blackmail (e.g., "If you hit your sister, Mom doesn't like you anymore.") Inductive strategies are the case when parents deal with their children's misdeeds by explaining to them the negative effect of their bad behavior on others' well-being ("If you hit you sister she will be hurt"). There is accumulated evidence that shows that inductive strategies are associated with children's moral autonomy, a type of morality based on the ideas of equaliy, cooperation, and mutual respect, and that power assertion and withdrawal of love are associted with chiddren's moral heteronomy, a type of morality guided by the ideas of coercion, fear, and unilateral respect. As I parent I make use of inductive or explanatory practices, not of power assertion or withdrawl of love. So, you can also proffit from reading Martin Hoffman's work on discipline strategies.

I hope that this gave you some hints as far as your question is concerned.

Best wishes,

Orlando