I love 2*2s. Here's one on Parenting Styles. :)
From Human Flourishing Program Research at Harvard University.
[Stumbled upon this simple research today. :) Haven’t shared anything here in a long while.]
Children who had parents with the authoritative approach to parenting (high warmth, high discipline) fared best later in life.
One of the interesting results of our two studies was that parental warmth, or love, seemed to be the dominant factor. While those who had high warmth and high discipline (authoritative style) did the best, the next best category was high warmth, low discipline (the permissive style) and they did considerably better than the group that, in contrast, had low warmth and high discipline (authoritarian style). Not surprisingly, the group that had low warmth, low discipline (neglectful style) fared poorest. However, overall, parental warmth or love seemed the most important.
…Parental warmth in childhood (measured by satisfaction with the parent-child relationship, generally concerning love and attachment) was associated, several years later,
— with a 46 percent reduction in depression,
— a 39 percent reduction in anxiety,
— a 68 percent reduction in eating disorders, as well as higher levels of emotional processing and expression,
— and lower levels of cigarette and marijuana smoking…
(Excerpted from here.)
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At Servicespace, we often say “Whatever the question, love is the answer.” Jayesh bhai also makes a relevant point - In the information-heavy world we live in, we don’t need to lead with light (content/knowledge). We need to lead with warmth (context/loving presence).
Many of us are excited to huddle up with him and many other heartful everyday heroes, at the next Heart-Intelligence retreat in Ahmedabad from March 7-10. You can learn more/join here.
Beautiful right.... the world has enough light but needs warmth. Many moons back I remember a conversation with Jayeshbhai. And we were talking about the residential schools there. Most of us in the middle class grow up thinking education is going to be our ticket to better life opportunities. And I was pressing the point on academic achievement or creating that road map or all the girls. And he was so clear that academic achievements is important but not at the cost of environment/warmth/daily practices. The sense of safety. It took me a while but I am also growing up to understand that. Can you believe when impact assessments of organizations (educational/non-profit) happen, the fundamental aspect of well being is not considered.