Week 6 Post 1

I found this week's discussion to be very interesting. I enjoy when I can relate the discussion posts to my own life and can reflect on various experiences. Responding to this discussion allowed me to discover things about myself that I never have before. I reflected on my parents' parenting style and made connections to my personal traits today. These connections were very intriguing to me because different aspects of my childhood directly correlate to my characteristics as this point in my life. I believe that if I were raised by a friend's parents, I would be a different person than who I am today. My development in various phases of my life would have changed based on the parenting style that was implemented. After reading some of our classmates' responses to the discussion, I came to the conclusion that most of our parents used the authoritative parenting style. This was not a surprise because in the article that I read, one of the findings in the results was that most parents of college students use the authoritative parenting style. The study also concluded that children with authoritative education style have high social-emotional development and better academic performance. This relates to the previous conclusion about the parents of college students. I am really glad that I was able to participate in this discussion because I was able to make connections to myself and my family as well as make new discoveries about myself.