Influence of Nuclear Family to Development of Antisocial...

Introduction A nuclear family is a family comprising of parent(s) and children. This model of family is an important aspect in modeling the future of the children. It is within the family environment that a child learns the art of socialization. The family is the first teacher of any child. Therefore, the family a child grows in has a major part to determine how a child will turn out to be later in life. A child is a product of his/her family. There has been a major evolution of the structure of a family because of globalization. The evolution has effects both positive and negative on child’s social behavior. Globalization has made even the women going out to work as opposed to the traditional woman whose responsibility was mainly†¦show more content†¦Children brought up in this type of family are likely to get in vices like vandalism, delinquency, bullying and drug abuse. This results from the children having a lot of free time and minimal or no supervision. An authoritative parenting is another style. According to the sociologist and psychologists, the parents who use this style tend to just lay down the rules and regulations which they expect to be followed to the letter. The child has no space to ask questions or air out their opinions. This style is likely to cause the child to be rebellious to authority. Consequently, the child will have antisocial behaviors like bullying, drug abuse and poor school performance. The next type of parenting style is the permissive parenting. The parents using this style are slow to discipline the child. They prefer to use dialogue method of discipline. Their children are at liberty to do what is they wish. Although they will receive discipline; it is not the corporal punishment. The children brought up in this type of style are likely to become thieves, vandalize properties and frequent absentiseem from school. 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