{"id":241597,"date":"2021-04-19T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cm2h950.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:52:33","slug":"parenting-styles-and-raising-children-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepareforcanada.com\/blog\/living\/childcare\/parenting-styles-and-raising-children-in-canada","title":{"rendered":"Parenting Styles and Raising Children in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Parenting styles play a vital role in helping children develop emotional and social skills to succeed in Canada. While basic tenets such as love, support, and encouragement are common around the world, you might find being a parent in Canada different from your country of origin. For example, in Canada, many parents encourage individuality in their children. Parents raise and support their children up to 18, when they are legal adults. After age 18, it’s common for children to move away to college and find part-time work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This independence helps young adults to learn how to manage money and build strong personal and professional connections early on. In many community-based cultures, there is a tradition to live with all family members under one roof. This is unlike the culture in Canada where people in their 20s like to assert their independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Along the same lines, children are taught to respect themselves as individuals from a young age. So children learn that physical or mental abuse\u00a0is not appropriate. While in some countries spanking might be acceptable, it’s not accepted in Canada. Rather, being a parent in Canada is based on mutual respect and treating your child with dignity. So it’s important to foster strong relationships by listening to their children’s thoughts and ideas. Parents influence rather than dictate to their children. This approach also translates for children later in life when they are in school or join the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parents must foster self-esteem, confidence, and social skills to help their children succeed in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While many immigrant parents face more challenges than they expected, they take comfort in knowing they are giving their children a great start in life. As all parents do, immigrant parents have many hopes and dreams for their children. And you want them to be happy, healthy, and successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You may have to adapt your cultural expectations and parenting style to meet new norms. Adapting to a different style can help you deal with issues you may face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this context, here are some of the issues you may face: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Finding the balance between your traditional culture and the Canadian way of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Helping your kids adapt to school<\/a> in terms of their studies and day-to-day activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Helping your kids make friends and deal with discrimination or bullies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Dealing with kids who want to wear clothes and do things you disapprove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Ensuring your kids don\u2019t get involved in violence or drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 Parenting Styles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After living in Canada, many immigrant parents admit that they have changed their methods, styles, and behaviours since coming to Canada. The style you use to raise your children<\/a> can affect them differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Researchers have identified four main styles and their characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Permissive Style<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In a permissive style, parents are often warm, accepting, and avoid confronting their children.\u00a0 Parents make few demands of their kids and allow them to regulate their behaviour as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typically, permissive parents do not enforce rules on their children. Research suggests that children of permissive parents have difficulty regulating their emotions and controlling their impulses. Children of permissive parents are more likely to show signs of depression and anxiety and tend to struggle in school. And children may also make poor decisions when their parents provide few guidelines, which can affect their decision-making skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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