Parenting methods in relation to norm awareness, social success, and perspectives of family in adulthood

Kazuo Nishimura,Tadashi Yagi,Makoto Yano

doi:10.1007/s42001-020-00077-6

Abstract

The importance of parenting methods applied in the home to child development is broadly acknowledged. However, there has not been much empirical research showing how parenting methods later relate to personality formation and social success in adulthood. In this study, we asked adults in Japan to recall messages received from parents during early childhood, and we then tested the strength of the relationships of the messages with performance in adulthood. Messages passed from parents to children were investigated from the following three aspects: (1) the norm message passed from parent to child, (2) how the message was delivered to the child, and (3) how the child received the message. Our general conclusion is that the ways in which messages are passed from parents to children in the course of a child’s development can have a long-term and material effect on the child. This conclusion is valid for the message itself, for the method of delivery, and for the way in which it is received.

Highlights

Most people agree that the education of children is crucial to their development
The average income of respondents who were exposed to the norms “Do not tell lies”, “Be kind to others”, and “Follow the rules” was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than it was for unexposed respondents
We demonstrated the effectiveness of a new method of analysis of how parenting methods later relate to personality formation and social success in adulthood

Summary

Introduction

Most people agree that the education of children is crucial to their development. In the broadest sense, school and home form the core of education. This group scored the lowest values in terms of income, educational attainment, and positive thinking, and the lowest value for a sense of security.. As compared with the strict type, a higher proportion of respondents exposed to supportive type parenting thought of their mothers as the ideal woman, among females. In addition to the ideal parent, marriage ratio, and number of desired children, Fig. 10 illustrates the level of inclination toward taking care of parents in their later years by parenting type As this figure shows, the supportive type has the highest values in all categories, indicating the most positive family perspective.

Conclusion

Findings

Compliance with ethical standards