... ineffective over the long-term. As already mentioned, permissive parents are inconsistent. Over time, children learn to manipulate parents to get their way. This is called ego-centricism or selfish behavior, children learn how to manipulate when they have permissive parents. In some case permissive parents actually reinforce their children to manipulate. Children learn a false sense of control over adults that ... with unlawful acts because no one is watching. The Authoritative parents uses high levels of control but also high levels of warmth. Children in these homes have clear standar...

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• Grade Level: High School

... techniques to help them combat the views of society. This quote from the book summarizes all that the author was addressing when writing this book. "Most girls choose to be socially accepted and split into two selves, one that is authentic and one that is culturally scripted. In public they become who they are suppose to be." Dr. Pipher's approaches to ... describes her form of therapy approach as this, "I call myself a relationship-oriented cognitive behaviorist. I'm influenced by the humanistic psychologists and also by social learning theorists." The author gives girls encouraging be...

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